D.
Preparing the disciples for His death
13:1—14:42
1.
Telling them the things to come
13:1-37
Mark 13
:1
13:1
1And as He was going out of the
atemple,
2one of His disciples said to Him, Teacher, behold,
3what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!
Mark 13
:2
13:2
And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings?
1There shall by no means be left here a
astone upon a stone which shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13
:3
13:3
1And as He sat on the
aMount of Olives opposite the temple,
bPeter and
cJames and John and
dAndrew easked Him privately,
Mark 13
:4
13:4
Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign
awhen all these things are about to be accomplished?
Mark 13
:5
13:5
And Jesus began to say to them,
aSee that no one
bleads you astray.
Mark 13
:6
13:6
Many will come in My
aname, saying, I am
the Christ! and will lead many astray.
Mark 13
:7
13:7
And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be
aalarmed; it must happen, but the
bend is not yet.
Mark 13
:8
13:8
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be
aearthquakes in various places; there will be
bfamines. These things are the beginning of birth pangs.
Mark 13
:9
13:9
1But you, take heed to yourselves. They will
adeliver you to
bsanhedrins, and in the synagogues you will be
cbeaten, and before
2governors and
dkings you will stand for My sake, for a testimony to them.
Mark 13
:10
13:10
Yet the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the
anations.
Mark 13
:11
13:11
And when they lead you
away and deliver
you up, do not be
aanxious beforehand
about what you should
1speak, but
bwhatever is given to you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who are speaking, but the Holy
cSpirit.
Mark 13
:12
13:12
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a
afather his child; and children will rise up against
their parents and put them to death.
Mark 13
:13
13:13
And you will be hated by all on account of My
aname. But he who has
bendured to the end, this one shall be saved.
Mark 13
:14
13:14
1But when you
asee the abomination of
bdesolation 2 standing
3where it should not (let him who reads understand), then let those in
cJudea flee to the mountains;
Mark 13
:15
13:15
And let him who is on the
ahousetop not come down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house;
Mark 13
:16
13:16
And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his garment.
Mark 13
:17
13:17
But woe to those who are
apregnant and to those who are nursing
babies in those days.
Mark 13
:18
13:18
And pray that
1it may not happen in winter,
Mark 13
:19
13:19
For those days will be
a time of atribulation such as has
bnot occurred from the
cbeginning of the creation which God created until now, nor shall by any means
ever occur.
Mark 13
:20
13:20
And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the
achosen, whom He chose, He
bshortened the days.
Mark 13
:21
13:21
And then if anyone says to you, Behold,
ahere is the Christ! Behold, there! do not believe
it.
Mark 13
:22
13:22
For false Christs and
afalse prophets will arise and will
1show bsigns and wonders to
cdeceive, if possible, the chosen.
Mark 13
:23
13:23
But you,
abeware;
1I have told you all things
bbeforehand.
Mark 13
:24
13:24
But in those
adays,
bafter that
ctribulation, the sun will be
ddarkened, and the moon will not give its light,
Mark 13
:25
13:25
And the stars will be
afalling out of heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Mark 13
:26
13:26
And then they will see the
aSon of Man
bcoming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mark 13
:27
13:27
And then He will send the angels, and He will
agather together His chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.
Mark 13
:28
13:28
1But learn the parable from the
afig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and puts forth its
bleaves, you know that the summer is near.
Mark 13
:29
13:29
So also you, when you see these things happening, know that
1it is near,
aat the doors.
Mark 13
:30
13:30
Truly I say to you that this generation shall by no means pass away until all these things happen.
Mark 13
:31
13:31
Heaven and earth will
apass away, but My
bwords shall by no means pass away.
Mark 13
:32
13:32
But concerning that
aday or hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the
bFather.
Mark 13
:33
13:33
aBeware, be
balert; for you do not know when the time is.
Mark 13
:34
13:34
It is like a man who is
about to go
aabroad, having left his house and given to his slaves authority, to each his work, and
who commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
Mark 13
:35
13:35
aWatch therefore, for you do not know when the Master of the house comes, whether in the
1evening or at midnight or at cockcrowing or in the morning;
Mark 13
:36
13:36
Lest He come suddenly and find you
asleeping.
Mark 13
:37
13:37
And what I say to you, I say to all:
aWatch!
