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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Mark 13 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/mark/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/mark/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Mark 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/12.htm" title="Mark 12">◄</a> Mark 13 <a href="../mark/14.htm" title="Mark 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/mark/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:1-2</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:5-6</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:1 Lit. he">a</a></span> was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples told him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what beautiful buildings!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do you see these large buildings?”</span> Jesus responded. <span class="red">“Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and Earthquakes</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:3-14</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:7-19</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>As Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:3 Lit. he">b</a></span> was sitting on the Mount of Olives facing the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew were asking him privately, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when these things will be put into effect?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus began to say to them, <span class="red">“See to it that no one deceives you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Many will come in my name and say, ‘I AM,’ and they will deceive many people.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:6 The Gk. lacks people">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, stop being alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn’t come yet, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Future Persecution and Evangelism</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/10.htm">Matthew 10:16-25</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:9-14</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:12-19</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">“As for yourselves, be on your guard! People<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:9 Lit. They">d</a></span> will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But first, the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:10 Or gentiles">e</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>When they take you away and hand you over for trial, don’t worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you at that time, because it won’t be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Signs of the End</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:15-28</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">“So when you see the destructive desecration standing where it should not be (let the reader take note),<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:14 Cf. Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11">f</a></span> then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The one who is on his housetop must not come down and go into his house to take anything out of it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and the one who’s in the field must not turn back to get his coat.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">“How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Pray that it may not be in winter, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>because those days will be a time of suffering,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:19 Or tribulation">g</a></span> a kind that has not happened from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and certainly will never happen again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">“At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:21 Or Christ">h</a></span> or, ‘Look! There he is!’ don’t believe it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>because false messiahs<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:22 Or christs">i</a></span> and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So be on your guard! I’ve told you everything before it happens.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Coming of the Son of Man</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:29-31</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:25-28</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“But after the suffering of those days,</span></p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="red">‘The sun will be darkened,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">the moon will not give its light,</span></p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">the stars will fall from the sky,</span></p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot"><span class="red">and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:25 Cf. Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10">j</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">Then people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:26 Lit. they">k</a></span> will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:26 Cf. Dan 7:13">l</a></span> with great power and glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He’ll send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lesson from the Fig Tree</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:32-35</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:29-33</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now learn a lesson<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:28 Or parable">m</a></span> from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the Son of Man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:29 Lit. that he">n</a></span> is near, right at the door. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:30 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">o</a></span> with certainty, this generation will not disappear until all these things take place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Unknown Day and Hour of the Messiah’s Return</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:36-44</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one knows when that day or hour will come<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:32 Lit. about that day and hour">p</a></span> —not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Be careful! Watch out! Because you don’t know when the time will come. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>It’s like a man who went on a trip. As he left home, he put his servants in charge, each with his own work, and he ordered the doorkeeper to be alert. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So keep on watching, because you don’t know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening, at three o’clock in the morning,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="13:35 Lit. at cock crow">q</a></span> or at dawn. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/13-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>I’m telling you what I’m telling everyone: Be alert!”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 13:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 13:3 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 13:6 The Gk. lacks <i>people</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 13:9 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 13:10 Or <i>gentiles</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 13:14 Cf. Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 13:19 Or <i>tribulation</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 13:21 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 13:22 Or <i>christs</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 13:25 Cf. Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 13:26 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 13:26 Cf. 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