Mark 13

¹ And at His going out of the sanctuary, one of His disciples is saying to Him, "Teacher! Lo! what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!" ² And answering, Jesus said to him, "Are you observing these great buildings? Under no circumstances may a stone be left here on a stone, which may not by all means be demolished." ³ And at His sitting on the mount of Olives, facing the sanctuary, Peter and James and John and Andrew inquired of Him privately, ⁴ "Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign whenever all these things may be about to be concluding?" ⁵ Now Jesus, answering, begins to say to them, "Beware that no one should be deceiving you! ⁶ For many shall be coming in My name, saying that I am! and shall be deceiving many. ⁷ Now whenever you should be hearing battles and tidings of battles, see that you are not alarmed, for it must be occurring, but not as yet is the consummation. ⁸ For roused shall be nation against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there shall be quakes in places. And there shall be famines and disturbances. ⁹ The beginning of pangs are these. Yet you be looking to yourselves, for they shall be giving you up to the sanhedrins, and in synagogues shall you be lashed, and before governors and even kings shall you stand on My account, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And to all the nations first must be heralded the evangel. ¹¹ And whenever they may be leading you off, to give you over, do not worry beforehand what you should be speaking, neither be meditating, but whatsoever may be given to you in that hour, this be speaking, for it is not you who are speaking, but the holy spirit. ¹² And brother will be giving up brother to death, and father, child. And children shall be rising up against parents and shall be putting them to death. ¹³ And you shall be hated by all because of My name. Yet he who endures to the consummation, he shall be saved. ¹⁴ Now whenever you may be perceiving the abomination of desolation, declared by Daniel the prophet, standing where it must not (let the reader apprehend), then let those in Judea flee into the mountains. ¹⁵ Now let him who is on the housetop not be descending into the house, neither let him enter, to pick up anything out of his house. ¹⁶ And let him who is in the field not turn back to that behind, to pick up his cloak. ¹⁷ Now woe to those who are pregnant and those suckling in those days! ¹⁸ Now be praying that your flight may not be occurring in winter, ¹⁹ for in those days will be affliction such as has not occurred from the beginning of the creation which God creates till now, and under no circumstances may be occurring. ²⁰ And, except the Lord discounts the days, no flesh at all would be saved. But because of the chosen, whom He chooses, He discounts the days. ²¹ And then, if anyone should be saying to you, 'Lo! Here is the Christ!' and 'Lo! There!', be not believing. ²² For roused shall be false christs and false prophets, and they shall be giving signs and miracles to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen. ²³ Now you, beware! Lo! I have declared it all to you beforehand. ²⁴ But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, ²⁵ and the moon shall not be giving her beams, and the stars shall be falling out of heaven, and the powers in the heavens shall be shaken. ²⁶ And then shall they be seeing the Son of Mankind coming in clouds with much power and glory. ²⁷ And then shall He be dispatching His messengers and assembling His chosen from the four winds, from the extremity of the earth to the extremity of heaven. ²⁸ Now from the fig tree be learning a parable: Whenever its bough may already be becoming tender and the leaves sprouting out, you know that summer is near. ²⁹ Thus you, also, whenever you may be perceiving these things occurring, know that He is near - at the doors. ³⁰ Verily, I am saying to you that by no means may this generation be passing by until the time when all these things may be occurring. ³¹ Heaven and earth shall be passing by, yet My words shall by no means be passing by. ³² Now concerning that day or hour no one is aware - neither the messengers in heaven, nor the Son - except the Father. ³³ Beware! Be vigilant and pray, for you are not aware when the era is. ³⁴ It is as a man, a traveler, leaving his home and giving his slaves authority, and to each his work, and he directs the doorkeeper that he may be watching. ³⁵ Watch, then, for you are not aware when the lord of the house is coming, at evening, or midnight, or cockcrowing, or morning, ³⁶ that, coming suddenly, he may not be finding you drowsing. ³⁷ Now what I am saying to you, I am saying to all: Watch!"