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Mark 13
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Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

13As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples said, "Look, Teacher! What wonderful stones and buildings!"G2532G846G1607G1537G2411G1520G846G3101G3004G846G1320G2396G4217G3037G2532G4217G3619
2Jesus 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."G2532G2424G611G2036G846G991G5025G3173G3619G863G3364G863G3037G1909G3037G3739G2647G3364G2647

Troubles and Persecutions

3Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, across from the Temple, when Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private.G2532G846G2521G1519G3735G1636G2713G2411G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G2532G406G1905G846G2596G2398
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."G2036G2254G4219G5023G2071G2532G5101G4592G3752G3956G5023G3195G4931
5Jesus said to them, "Watch out, and don't let anyone fool you.G1161G2424G611G846G756G3004G991G3361G5100G4105G5209
6Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am he!' and they will fool many people.G1063G4183G2064G1909G3450G3686G3004G3754G1473G1510G2532G4105G4183
7And 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.G1161G3752G191G4171G2532G189G4171G2360G3361G2360G1063G1163G1096G235G5056G3768
8Countries 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.G1063G1484G1453G1909G1484G2532G932G1909G932G2532G2071G4578G2596G5117G2532G2071G3042G2532G5016G5023G746G5604
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.G1161G5210G991G1438G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G1519G4864G1194G2532G2476G71G1909G2232G2532G935G1700G1752G1519G3142G846
10But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples.G2532G2098G1163G4412G2784G1519G3956G1484
11And 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.G1161G3752G71G3860G5209G3860G4305G3361G4305G5101G2980G3366G3191G235G3739G1437G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5124G2980G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G40G4151
12Men 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.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G2289
13Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G1223G3686G1161G5278G1519G5056G3778G4982

The Awful Horror

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.G1161G3752G1492G946G2050G4483G5259G1158G4396G2476G2476G3699G1163G3756G314G3539G5119G5343G1722G2449G5343G1519G3735
15Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.G1161G2597G1909G1430G3361G2597G1519G3614G3366G1525G142G5100G1537G846G3614
16Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.G2532G1994G5607G1519G68G3361G1519G1994G3694G1994G142G846G2440
17How terrible it will be in those days for women who are pregnant and for mothers with little babies!G1161G3759G2192G1722G1064G2532G2337G1722G1565G2250
18Pray to God that these things will not happen in the winter!G1161G4336G3363G5216G5437G1096G3363G5494
19For 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.G1063G1565G2250G2071G2347G5108G3634G1096G3756G575G746G2937G3739G2316G2936G2193G3568G2532G3364G1096
20But 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.G2532G1508G2962G2856G2250G3756G3956G4561G302G4982G235G1223G1588G3739G1586G2856G2250
21"Then, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there he is!' - -do not believe it.G2532G5119G1437G5100G2036G5213G2400G5602G5547G2228G2400G1563G4100G3361
22For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.G1063G5580G2532G5578G1453G2532G1325G4592G2532G5059G4314G635G1487G1415G2532G1588
23Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.G1161G991G5210G991G2400G4280G5213G3956

The Coming of the Son of Man

24"In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine,G235G1722G1565G2250G3326G1565G2347G2246G4654G2532G4582G1325G3756G1325G846G5338
25the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses.G2532G792G3772G2071G1601G2532G1411G1722G3772G4531
26Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in the clouds with great power and glory.G2532G5119G3700G5207G444G2064G1722G3507G3326G4183G1411G2532G1391
27He 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.G2532G5119G649G846G32G2532G1996G846G1588G1537G5064G417G575G206G1093G2193G206G3772

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

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.G1161G3129G3850G575G4808G3752G846G2798G1096G2235G527G2532G1631G5444G1097G3754G2330G2076G1451
29In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.G3779G5210G2532G3752G1492G5023G1096G1097G3754G2076G1451G1909G2374
30Remember that all these things will happen before the people now living have all died.G281G3004G5213G3754G3778G1074G3928G3364G3928G3360G3739G3956G5023G1096
31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.G3772G2532G1093G3928G1161G3450G3056G3928G3364G3928

No One Knows the Day or Hour

32"No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come - -neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows.G1161G4012G1565G2250G2532G5610G1492G3762G3761G32G3588G1722G3772G3761G5207G1508G3962
33Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come.G991G69G2532G4336G1063G1492G3756G4219G2540G2076
34It 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.G5613G444G590G863G846G3614G2532G1325G1849G846G1401G2532G1538G846G2041G2532G1781G2377G2443G1127
35Watch, 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.G1127G3767G1063G1492G3756G4219G2962G3614G2064G3796G2228G3317G2228G219G2228G4404
36If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep.G3361G2064G1810G2147G5209G2518
37What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!"G1161G3739G3004G5213G3004G3956G1127


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