Synoptic Sayings - Days of Distress

298b	DAYS of DISTRESS
Matt 24		Mark 13		Luke 21
19	"And alas for	17	"And alas for	23	"Alas for
	those who are with child		those who are with child		those who are with child
	and for those who give suck		and for those who give suck		and for those who give suck
	in those days!		in those days!		in those days!
20	Pray that your flight may not	18	Pray that it may not
	be in winter		happen in winter.
	or on a sabbath.
21	For then	19	For in those days		For
	there will be great tribulation,		there will be such* tribulation		great distress shall be
	such* as has not been		as has not been
	from the beginning		from the beginning
	of the world		of the creation which God created		upon the earth
					and wrath upon this people;
	until now,		until now,
	no, and never will be.		and never will be.
				24	they will fall
					by the edge of the sword,
					and be led captive
					among all nations;
					and Jerusalem
					will be trodden down
					by the Gentiles,
					until the times of the Gentiles
					are fulfilled.
22	And if	20	And if the Lord
	those days had not been shortened		had not shortened the days,
	no human being would be saved;		no human being would be saved;
	but for the sake of the elect		but for the sake of the elect
			whom he chose,
	those days will be shortened.		he shortened the days."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
298b	Sequence in synoptic outlines