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for they will deliver you to <i>the</i> courts, and you will be flogged in <i>the</i> synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>The gospel must first be preached to all the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but <i>it is</i> the Holy Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Brother will betray brother to death, and a father <i>his</i> child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>But when you see the <font size="1">ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION</font> standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>But pray that it may not happen in the winter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>For those days will be a <i>time of</i> tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Unless the Lord had shortened <i>those</i> days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>And then if anyone says to you, Behold, here is the Christ; or, Behold, <i>He is</i> there; do not believe <i>him;</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Return of Christ</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>But in those days, after that tribulation, <font size="1">THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED</font> <font size="1">AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT</font>, <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span><font size="1">AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING</font> from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Then they will see <font size="1">THE</font> S<font size="1">ON OF</font> M<font size="1">AN</font> <font size="1">COMING IN CLOUDS</font> with great power and glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, <i>right</i> at the door. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father <i>alone.</i> <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the <i>appointed</i> time will come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span><i>It is</i> like a man away on a journey, <i>who</i> upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, <i>assigning</i> to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Therefore, be on the alertfor you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="/mark/13-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>What I say to you I say to all, Be on the alert! <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But look to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten, and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/mark/13.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />But ye, take heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims and to synagogues: ye shall be beaten and brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But take heed to yourselves: for they will deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye will be beaten: and ye will be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/authority_and_work.htm">Authority and Work</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'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.'--Mark xiii. 34. Church order is not directly touched on in the Gospels, but the principles which underlie all Church order are distinctly laid down. The whole community of Christian people is a family or household, being brethren because possessors of a new life through Christ. In that household there is one 'Master,' and all <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/authority_and_work.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_credulity_of_unbelief.htm">The Credulity of Unbelief</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many.'--Mark xiii. 6. 'When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?'--Luke xviii. 8. It was the same generation that is represented in these two texts as void of faith in the Son of Man, and as credulously giving heed to impostors. Unbelief and superstition are closely allied. Religion is so vital a necessity, that if the true form of it be cast aside, some false form will be eagerly seized in order to fill the aching <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_credulity_of_unbelief.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xlvii_on_the_words.htm">On the Words of the Gospel, Mark xiii. 32, "But of that Day or that Hour Knoweth no One, not Even the Angels in Heaven, Neither</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. The advice, Brethren, which ye have just heard Scripture give, when it tells us to watch for the last day, every one should think of as concerning his own last day; lest haply when ye judge or think the last day of the world to be far distant, ye slumber with respect to your own last day. Ye have heard what Jesus said concerning the last day of this world, "That neither the Angels of heaven, nor the Son knew it, but the Father." [3176] Where indeed there is a great difficulty, lest understanding <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_xlvii_on_the_words.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">sermons on selected lessons of the new testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xx_but_the_end.htm">"But the End of all Things is at Hand, be Ye Therefore Sober and Watch unto Prayer. "</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1 Pet. iv. 7.--"But the end of all things is at hand, be ye therefore sober and watch unto prayer." If ye would ask what ye should do till Christ come again, or what should be your exercise and employment in this old age of the world, here ye have it in a word, "be sober, and watch unto prayer." When Christ was to go away to his Father, and leave his disciples in this world, as he left them not orphans, or comfortless, without the Comforter, so neither left he them without counsel and direction. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_xx_but_the_end.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/a_short_and_easy_method.htm">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">CHAPTER I The Universal Call to Prayer What a dreadful delusion hath prevailed over the greater part of mankind, in supposing that they are not called to a state of prayer! whereas all are capable of prayer, and are called thereto, as all are called to and are capable of salvation. Prayer is the application of the heart to God, and the internal exercise of love. S. Paul hath enjoined us to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thess. v 17), and our Lord saith, "I say unto you all, watch and pray" (Mark xiii. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/a_short_and_easy_method.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_i_all_are_commanded.htm">All are Commanded to Pray --Prayer the Great Means of Salvation</a><br></span><span class="snippet">CHAPTER I. ALL ARE COMMANDED TO PRAY--PRAYER THE GREAT MEANS OF SALVATION, AND POSSIBLE AT ALL TIMES BY THE MOST SIMPLE. Prayer is nothing else but the application of the heart to God, and the interior exercise of love. St Paul commands us to "pray without ceasing" (1 Thess. v. 17). Our Lord says: "Take ye heed, watch and pray." "And what I say unto you, I say unto all" (Mark xiii. 33, 37). All, then, are capable of prayer, and it is the duty of all to engage in it. But I do not think that all are <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bouvieres/a_short_method_of_prayer_and_spiritual_torrents/chapter_i_all_are_commanded.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Jeanne Marie Bouvières—</span><span class="citation2">A Short Method Of Prayer And Spiritual Torrents</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_69_on_the_mount.htm">On the Mount of Olives</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Christ's words to the priests and rulers, "Behold, your house is left unto you desolate" (Matt. 23:38), had struck terror to their hearts. They affected indifference, but the question kept rising in their minds as to the import of these words. An unseen danger seemed to threaten them. Could it be that the magnificent temple, which was the nation's glory, was soon to be a heap of ruins? The foreboding of evil was shared by the disciples, and they anxiously waited for some more definite statement from <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_69_on_the_mount.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Desire of Ages</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the_gospel_day_/part_ii_the_noonday.htm">The Noonday. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Or, The Doctrines Of An Apostate Religion Obscuring The Gospel Light. The prophet Isaiah said. "The morning cometh, and also the night." Isa. 21:11, 12. A dark night succeeded the morning of this gospel day. Jesus said to his disciples, "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light." Mark 13:24. The tribulation here spoken of was the siege and destruction of Jerusalem, the city of the Jews, by the son of Vespasian, A.D. 70, in which <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the_gospel_day_/part_ii_the_noonday.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Ebert Orr—</span><span class="citation2">The Gospel Day </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_78_the_four_gospels.htm">The Four Gospels. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">General Character and Aim of the Gospels. Christianity is a cheerful religion and brings joy and peace from heaven to earth. The New Testament opens with the gospel, that is with the authentic record of the history of all histories, the glad tidings of salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. [871] The four canonical Gospels are only variations of the same theme, a fourfold representation of one and the same gospel, animated by the same spirit. [872] They are not full <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_78_the_four_gospels.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Philip Schaff—</span><span class="citation2">History of the Christian Church, Volume I</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_38_the_jewish_war.htm">The Jewish War and the Destruction of Jerusalem. A. D. 70</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"And as He went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto Him, Master, behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings! And Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down."--Mark 13:1,2. Sources. Josephus: Bell. Jud., in 7 books; and Vita, c. 4-74. The history of the Jewish war was written by him as eye-witness about a.d. 75. English translations by W. Whiston, in Works of Jos., and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_38_the_jewish_war.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Philip Schaff—</span><span class="citation2">History of the Christian Church, Volume I</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/borthwick/hymns_from_the_land_of_luther/the_midnight_cry.htm">The Midnight Cry. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">"And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."--Mark 13:37. "Der Herr bricht ein, um Mitternacht." [79]Zinzendorf. [[80]Johann Christoph Rube] transl., Sarah Findlater, 1858 The Lord shall come in dead of night, When all is stillness round; How happy they whose lamps are bright, Who hail the trumpet's sound! How blind and dead the world appears! How deep her slumbers are! Still dreaming that the day she fears Is distant and afar! Who spends his day in holy toil? His talent used aright, That <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/borthwick/hymns_from_the_land_of_luther/the_midnight_cry.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Jane Borthwick—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns from the Land of Luther</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/13-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 13:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 13:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/13-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 13:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 13:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/mark/13-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>