LO - Mark - 13

13:1  As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Rabbi, look what prodigious stones and stately buildings are here!

13:2  Jesus answering, said to him, You see these great buildings. They shall be so razed, that one stone will not be left upon another.

13:3  Afterward, as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, opposite the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately,

13:4  Tell us, when will this happen? and what will be the sign, when all this is to be accomplished?

13:5  Jesus answering them, took occasion to say, Take heed that no man seduce you;

13:6  for many will assume my character, saying, I am the person, and will seduce many.

13:7  But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not alarmed; for this must happen, but the end is not yet.

13:8  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in sundry places, and there will be famines and commotions. These are the prelude of woes.

13:9  But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you to councils; and you will be beaten in the synagogues, and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony to them.

13:10  The good tidings, however, must first be published among all nations.

13:11  But when they conduct you, to deliver you up, have no anxiety beforehand, nor premeditate what you shall speak: but whatever shall be suggested to you in that moment, speak; for it is not you that shall speak, but the Holy Spirit.

13:12  Then the brother will deliver up the brother to death; and the father the child; and children will arise against their parents, and procure their death.

13:13  And on my account you shall be universally hated; but the man who perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

13:14  But when you shall see standing on forbidden ground, the desolating abomination, (reader, attend!) then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

13:15  and let not him who shall be on the roof, go down into the house, nor enter it, to carry anything out of his house:

13:16  and let not him who shall be in the field, turn back to fetch his mantle.

13:17  But alas for the women with child, and for them who give suck in those days!

13:18  Pray, then, that your flight happen not in the winter;

13:19  because there shall be such affliction in those days, as has not been before, from the beginning of the world, which God created, nor shall be ever after.

13:20  Had the Lord assigned it a long duration, no soul could escape; but for the sake of the people whom he had elected, he has made its duration the shorter.

13:21  Then if any one shall say to you, Lo! the Messiah is here, or Lo! he is yonder, believe it not.

13:22  For false Messiahs and false prophets will arise, who will perform wonders and prodigies, in order to impose, if possible, even on the elect.

13:23  Be you, therefore, upon your guard: remember, I have warned you of everything.

13:24  But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall withhold her light,

13:25  and the stars of heaven shall fall; and the powers which are in heaven shall be shaken.

13:26  Then they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

13:27  Then he will send his messengers, and assemble his elect from the four quarters of the world, from the extremities of heaven and earth.

13:28  Learn now a similitude from the fig tree. When its branches become tender, and put forth leaves, you know that the summer is nigh.

13:29  In like manner, when you shall see these things happen, know that he is near, even at the door.

13:30  Indeed, I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be accomplished.

13:31  For heaven and earth shall fail: but my words shall not fail.

13:32  But of that day, or of that hour, knows none, (not the angels; no, not the Son,) but the Father.

13:33  Be circumspect, be vigilant, and pray; for you know not when that time will be.

13:34  When a man intends to travel, he leaves his household in charge to his servants, assigns to every one his task, and orders the porter to watch.

13:35  Watch you, therefore; for you know not when the master of the house will return, (whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning;)

13:36  lest coming suddenly, he find you asleep.

13:37  Now what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.