Mark Chapter 13

Mark Chapter 13 is a relatively short chapter in the Gospel of Mark useful for learning to read, or improving one's reading ability, by the superior method of phonics.

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Chapter 13

As they left the temple, one of Jesus' students said, "Teacher, just look at the sort of stones and magnificent buildings in this place!"Jesus responded, "See these grand buildings? Not one stone will remain atop another which will not be destroyed."

As Jesus sat atop the Mount of Olives, looking at the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew requested a private conference. They asked, "When will these events take place, and what will be the sign of their fulfillment?" Jesus answered them, "Be on guard and don't let any man fool you. Many will come shouting My Name and say 'I am Christ!', and will fool many people. When you hear news of war and false rumor about them, don't worry, because they must occur but will not be the end. Ethnic groups and nation-states will attack one another. Earthquakes will occur in many lands. Famine and chaos will rule. These are the beginnings of the birth-pains. So take care of yourselves. The masses will hand you over to the tribunals, you will be beaten in houses of worship, and be hauled before leaders and kings for My sake, to testify against them. The good news has to be published among all ethnic groups first. But when they drag you in or betray you, do not worry about what to say. In that hour, you will be given the words to say, because the Divine Guide will be speaking for you and through you. Brother will betray brother to his death, father to son, children will rebel against their parents, and shall sign their death warrants. And you will be hated by every man on account of My Name, but you will be saved if you endure to the end. And when you see the Abomination of Desolation standing where it shouldn't - let the reader understand - then everyone living in Judea must flee into the mountains. If you're standing on the housetop, don't go down or into the house to take anything out.

| |- |16 |And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. |If you're in the field, don't turn back even to get your cloak. | |- |17 |But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! |And it will be bad for pregnant and nursing women in those days! | |- |18 |And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. |And pray that you don't have to flee in the wintertime. | |- |19 |For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. |In those days you will see such oppression as has not been seen from the beginning of God's creation until today, nor will ever be seen again. | |- |20 |And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. |If the Lord hadn't limited those days, no flesh would survive. But for the sake of His chosen ones, He has set a limit on the time. | |- |21 |And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: |And then if any man tells you, 'Look! Here's Christ!' or 'Look! There He is!', don't believe him. | |- |22 |For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. |False Christs and false prophets will rise up, working enough signs and wonders to lead even the chosen ones down the garden trail, if that were possible. | |- |23 |But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. |But you look sharp: I have forewarned you about everything. | |- |24 |But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, |"But in those days that follow that oppression, the sun will go dark, and the moon not give her light, |The Greek word φεγγος (phengos) means a secondary or reflected light, in contrast to φως (phos), which means primary light. |- |25 |And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. |The stars of the sky will fall, and the powers in heaven will be shaken. |The "falling stars" are likely meteors. |- |26 |And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. |Then people shall see 'the Son as man coming in the clouds' with great power and glory. | |- |27 |And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. |Then He will send His Messengers, and will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from the furthest part of the earth to the furthest part of the sky. | |- |28 |Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: |You can learn a great deal from the fig tree: when its branch is still tender, and it's putting out leaves, you know that summer is coming. |The KJV uses "her" because the Greek word for a fig tree is feminine. |- |29 |So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. |Similarly, when you see these things happening, you know that My return is practically at your door. | |- |30 |Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. |I tell you truly: this era will not pass away until all these things happen. |"era" is the modern term here while "generation" has come to mean something less today, such as merely a few decades |- |31 |Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. |Heaven and earth might pass away, but My Words will not pass away. | |- |32 |But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. |But no man knows about that day or that hour. Even the Messengers in heaven don't know. I, the Son, don't know. Only the Father knows. | |- |33 |Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. |Take care and stay alert, because you don't know what time it is. |Some manuscripts say "watch and pray." |- |34 |For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. |The Son as man is like a man traveling abroad, who left his house, and gave his slaves the proper authority, and a work assignment to every man, and ordered the doorkeeper to keep watch. | |- |35 |Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: |So you keep watch. You don't know when the master of the house is coming. He could come in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or later in the morning. | |- |36 |Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. |Don't let Him catch you napping! | |- |37 |And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. |I'm telling you what I'm telling everyone: stay on watch." | |}

See also

• Mark 9-16 (Translated)