The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Mark 13
1 As he went out of the temple, one of his
disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what
kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”
2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these
great buildings? There will not be left here
one stone on another, which will not be
thrown down.”
3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives
opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and
Andrew asked him privately,
4 “Tell us, when will these things be?
What is the sign that these things are all
about to be fulfilled?”
5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them,
“Be careful that no one leads you astray.
6 For many will come in my name, saying,
‘I am he!’† and will lead many astray.
7 “When you hear of wars and rumors
of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must
happen, but the end is not yet.
8 For nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. There will be
earthquakes in various places. There will
be famines and troubles. These things are
the beginning of birth pains.
9 “But watch yourselves, for they will
deliver you up to councils. You will be
beaten in synagogues. You will stand
before rulers and kings for my sake, for a
testimony to them.
10 The Good News must first be preached
to all the nations.
11 When they lead you away and deliver
you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or
premeditate what you will say, but say
whatever will be given you in that hour.
For it is not you who speak, but the Holy
Spirit.
12 “Brother will deliver up brother to
death, and the father his child. Children
will rise up against parents and cause
them to be put to death.
13 You will be hated by all men for my
name’s sake, but he who endures to the
end will be saved.
14 “But when you see the abomination
of desolation,* spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, standing where it ought not” (let
the reader understand), “then let those
who are in Judea flee to the mountains,
15 and let him who is on the housetop not
go down, nor enter in, to take anything out
of his house.
16 Let him who is in the field not return
back to take his cloak.
17 But woe to those who are with child
and to those who nurse babies in those
days!
18 Pray that your flight won’t be in the
winter.
19 For in those days there will be
oppression, such as there has not
been the like from the beginning
of the creation which God created
until now, and never will be.
20 Unless the Lord had shortened the
days, no flesh would have been saved; but
for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he
picked out, he shortened the days.
21 Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is
the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.
22 For false christs and false prophets
will arise and will show signs and wonders,
that they may lead astray, if possible,
even the chosen ones.
23 But you watch. “Behold, I have told
you all things beforehand.
24 But in those days, after that oppression,
the sun will be darkened, the moon
will not give its light,
25 the stars will be falling from the sky,
and the powers that are in the heavens will
be shaken.*
26 Then they will see the Son of Man
coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 Then he will send out his angels, and
will gather together his chosen ones from
the four winds, from the ends of the earth
to the ends of the sky.
28 “Now from the fig tree, learn
this parable. When the branch has now become
tender and produces its leaves, you know
that the summer is near;
29 even so you also, when you see these
things coming to pass, know that it is near,
at the doors.
30 Most certainly I say to you, this
generation‡ will not pass away until all these
things happen.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will not pass away.
32 “But of that day or that hour no one
knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor
the Son, but only the Father.
33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you
don’t know when the time is.
34 “It is like a man traveling to another
country, having left his house and given
authority to his servants, and to each one
his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to
keep watch.
35 Watch therefore, for you don’t know
when the lord of the house is coming—
whether at evening, or at midnight, or
when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
36 lest, coming suddenly, he might find
you sleeping.
37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!”