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Matthew 24:17
Matthew 24:17 is verse 17 of Matthew chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
King James Version
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
World English Bible
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
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Matthew 24:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
18 And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
19 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Job 2:4“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Proverbs 6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Proverbs 6:5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Mark 13:15Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.
Mark 13:16And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Luke 17:31On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
Luke 17:32Remember Lot’s wife!
Luke 17:33Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.