Mark 13
13
1And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, ‘Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!’
2and Jesus answering said to him, ‘Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.’
3And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and
4‘Tell us when these things shall be? and what [is] the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?’
5And Jesus answering them, began to say, ‘Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,
6for many shall come in my name, saying — I am [he], and many they shall lead astray;
7and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end [is] not yet;
8for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows [are] these.
9‘And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;
10and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.
11‘And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
12‘And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
13and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end — he shall be saved.
14‘And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by
15and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;
16and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.
17‘And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;
18and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter,
19for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;
20and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.
21‘And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;
22for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;
23and ye, take heed; lo, I have foretold you all things.
24‘But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25and the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26‘And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,
27and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.
28‘And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;
29so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.
30Verily I say to you, that this generation may not pass away till all these things may come to pass;
31the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
32‘And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known — not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son — except the Father.
33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;
34as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;
35watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;
36lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
37and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.’
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Mark 13
13
Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple
(Mt 24.1–2; Lk 21.5–6)
1As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said, “Look, Teacher! What wonderful stones and buildings!”
2Jesus answered, “You see these great buildings? Not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one of them will be thrown down.”
Troubles and Persecutions
(Mt 24.3–14; Lk 21.7–19)
3Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, across from the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private. 4“Tell us when this will be,” they said, “and tell us what will happen to show that the time has come for all these things to take place.”
5Jesus said to them, “Be on guard, and don't let anyone deceive you. 6Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will deceive many people. 7And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come. 8Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. There will be earthquakes everywhere, and there will be famines. These things are like the first pains of childbirth.
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Mt 10.17–20; Lk 12.11–12 “You yourselves must be on guard. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News. 10But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples. 11And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry beforehand about what you are going to say; when the time comes, say whatever is then given to you. For the words you speak will not be yours; they will come from the Holy Spirit. 12Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. 13#Mt 10.22Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.
The Awful Horror
(Mt 24.15–28; Lk 21.20–24)
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Dan 9.27; 11.31; 12.11 “You will see ‘The Awful Horror’ standing in the place where he should not be.” (Note to the reader: be sure to understand what this means!) “Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills. 15#Lk 17.31Someone who is on the roof of his house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take with him. 16Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for his cloak. 17How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies! 18Pray to God that these things will not happen in the winter! 19#Dan 12.1; Rev 7.14For the trouble of those days will be far worse than any the world has ever known from the very beginning when God created the world until the present time. Nor will there ever be anything like it again. 20But the Lord has reduced the number of those days; if he had not, nobody would survive. For the sake of his chosen people, however, he has reduced those days.
21 “Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ — do not believe him. 22For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible. 23Be on your guard! I have told you everything before the time comes.
The Coming of the Son of Man
(Mt 24.29–31; Lk 21.25–28)
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Is 13.10; Ezek 32.7; Joel 2.10, 31; 3.15; Rev 6.12 “In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, 25#Is 34.4; Joel 2.10; Rev 6.13the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses. 26#Dan 7.13; Rev 1.7Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27He will send the angels out to the four corners of the earth to gather God's chosen people from one end of the world to the other.
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
(Mt 24.32–35; Lk 21.29–33)
28 “Let the fig tree teach you a lesson. When its branches become green and tender and it starts putting out leaves, you know that summer is near. 29In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.#13.29 the time is near, ready to begin; or he is near, ready to come. 30Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died. 31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
No one Knows the Day or Hour
(Mt 24.36–44)
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Mt 24.36
“No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come — neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows. 33Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come. 34#Lk 12.36–38It will be like a man who goes away from home on a journey and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch. 35Be on guard, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming — it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise. 36If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep. 37What I say to you, then, I say to all: watch!”
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