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Mark 13

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1 And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings!

2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.

3 And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

5 And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.

7 And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

8 Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.

12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

18 And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

19 For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

20 And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

27 And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

32 But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

Good News Translation GNT

1 As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said, "Look, Teacher! What wonderful stones and buildings!"

2 Jesus 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."

3 Jesus 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."

5 Jesus said to them, "Watch out, and don't let anyone fool you.

6 Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, "I am he!' and they will fool many people.

7 And 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.

8 Countries 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.

9 "You yourselves must watch out. 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.

10 But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples.

11 And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry ahead of time 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.

12 Men 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 Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

14 "You will see "The Awful Horror' standing in the place where he should not be." (Note to the reader: understand what this means!) "Then those who are in Judea must run away to the hills.

15 Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

16 Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.

17 How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!

18 Pray to God that these things will not happen in the winter!

19 For 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.

20 But 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 it.

22 For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

23 Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.

24 "In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine,

25 the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses.

26 Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

27 He 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.

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.

29 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.

30 Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died.

31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

32 "No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come - neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows.

33 Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.

34 It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch.

35 Watch, 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.

36 If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep.

37 What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!"