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Remember Lot’s wife!: Jesus wanted his disciples to remember what happened to Lot’s wife as a warning that they should not delay. Lot’s wife looked back toward Sodom while she, Lot, and their daughters were escaping. When she looked back, she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). If your readers do not know what happened to Lot’s wife, it may be possible to imply that something bad happened to her by saying:

Remember(plur) ⌊what happened to⌋ Lot’s wife!
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Remember ⌊how/why⌋ Lot’s wife ⌊died⌋!

You may also want to include a footnote or cross-reference in your translation. For example:

Jesus is warning His followers not to make the same mistake that Lot’s wife made. She disobeyed God’s command to not look back and turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26). We also need to obey Jesus’ commands without hesitation. See a related warning in Luke 9:62. (Translator’s Reference Translation)

Remember: Here Jesus wanted his disciples to think about what happened to Lot’s wife and to be warned by it. In some languages a different verb may be more natural. For example:

Think about
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Consider
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Learn from

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