Mark 13

Disciples' Inquiry about the Future Mark 13:3–4

³Verse 3. As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴Verse 4. “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”

Warnings about Deception and Persecution Mark 13:5–13

⁵Verse 5. Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. ⁶Verse 6. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and will lead many astray. ⁷Verse 7. “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁸Verse 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. ⁹Verse 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.

¹⁰Verse 10. The Good News must first be preached to all the nations. ¹¹Verse 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. ¹²Verse 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. ¹³Verse 13. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

The Abomination and Signs Mark 13:14–23

¹⁴Verse 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, ¹⁵Verse 15. and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house. ¹⁶Verse 16. Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak. ¹⁷Verse 17. But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days! ¹⁸Verse 18. Pray that your flight won’t be in the winter. ¹⁹Verse 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.

²⁰Verse 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. ²¹Verse 21. Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it. ²²Verse 22. For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. ²³Verse 23. But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

Cosmic Disturbances and Assurance Mark 13:24–31

²⁴Verse 24. But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, ²⁵Verse 25. the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶Verse 26. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷Verse 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. ²⁸Verse 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;

²⁹Verse 29. even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors. ³⁰Verse 30. Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen. ³¹Verse 31. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Call to Vigilance Mark 13:32–37

³²Verse 32. But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³³Verse 33. Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is. ³⁴Verse 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. ³⁵Verse 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; ³⁶Verse 36. lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

³⁷Verse 37. What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”