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They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">Warning about Trouble</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 24:3-14">Matthew 24.3-14</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 21:7-19">Luke 21.7-19</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v41_13_3"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.3" class="v41_13_3">3</span>Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private. </span><span class="v41_13_4"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.4" class="v41_13_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> They asked, “When will these things happen? What will be the sign that they are about to take place?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v41_13_5"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.5" class="v41_13_5">5</span>Jesus answered:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_5">Watch out and don't let anyone fool you! </span><span class="v41_13_6"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.6" class="v41_13_6">6</span>Many will come and claim to be me. They will use my name and fool many people.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_7"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.7" class="v41_13_7">7</span>When you hear about wars and threats of wars, don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end. </span><span class="v41_13_8"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.8" class="v41_13_8">8</span>Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. There will be earthquakes in many places, and people will starve to death. But this is just the beginning of troubles.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_9"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.9" class="v41_13_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Be on your guard! You will be taken to courts and beaten with whips in their synagogues. And because of me, you will have to stand before rulers and kings to tell about your faith. </span><span class="v41_13_10"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.10" class="v41_13_10">10</span>But before the end comes, the good news must be preached to all nations.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_11"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.11" class="v41_13_11">11</span>When you are arrested, don't worry about what you will say. You will be given the right words when the time comes. But you will not really be the ones speaking. Your words will come from the Holy Spirit.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_12"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.12" class="v41_13_12">12</span>Brothers and sisters will betray each other and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed. </span><span class="v41_13_13"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.13" class="v41_13_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Horrible Thing</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 24:15-21">Matthew 24.15-21</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 21:20-24">Luke 21.20-24</ref>)</h5><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_14"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.14" class="v41_13_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Someday you will see that “Horrible Thing” where it should not be.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.14!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains. </span><span class="v41_13_15"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.15" class="v41_13_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If you are on the roof<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of your house, don't go inside to get anything. </span><span class="v41_13_16"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.16" class="v41_13_16">16</span>If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat. </span><span class="v41_13_17"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.17" class="v41_13_17">17</span>It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children. </span><span class="v41_13_18"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.18" class="v41_13_18">18</span>Pray that it won't happen in winter.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v41_13_19"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.19" class="v41_13_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again. </span><span class="v41_13_20"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.20" class="v41_13_20">20</span>If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_21"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.21" class="v41_13_21">21</span>If someone should say, “Here is the Messiah!” or “There he is!” don't believe it. </span><span class="v41_13_22"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.22" class="v41_13_22">22</span>False messiahs and false prophets will come and work miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones. </span><span class="v41_13_23"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.23" class="v41_13_23">23</span>But be on your guard! That's why I am telling you these things now.</span></p><h3 class="s1">When the Son of Man Appears</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 24:29-31">Matthew 24.29-31</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 21:25-28">Luke 21.25-28</ref>)</h5><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_24"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.24" class="v41_13_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In those days, right after this time of suffering,</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v41_13_24">“The sun will become dark,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v41_13_24">and the moon</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v41_13_24">will no longer shine.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v41_13_25"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.25" class="v41_13_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The stars will fall,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v41_13_25">and the powers in the sky<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.25!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v41_13_25">will be shaken.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_26"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.26" class="v41_13_26">26</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.26!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then the Son of Man will be seen coming in the clouds with great power and glory. </span><span class="v41_13_27"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.27" class="v41_13_27">27</span>He will send his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the earth.</span></p><h3 class="s1">A Lesson from a Fig Tree</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 24:32-35">Matthew 24.32-35</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 21:29-33">Luke 21.29-33</ref>)</h5><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_28"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.28" class="v41_13_28">28</span>Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know summer is near. </span><span class="v41_13_29"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.29" class="v41_13_29">29</span>So when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time has almost come.<a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.29!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v41_13_30"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.30" class="v41_13_30">30</span>You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens. </span><span class="v41_13_31"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.31" class="v41_13_31">31</span>The sky and the earth will not last forever, but my words will.</span></p><h3 class="s1">No One Knows the Day or Time</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MAT 24:36-44">Matthew 24.36-44</ref>)</h5><p class="pi"><span class="v41_13_32"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.32" class="v41_13_32">32</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.32!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> No one knows the day or the time. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows. </span><span class="v41_13_33"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.33" class="v41_13_33">33</span>So watch out and be ready! You don't know when the time will come. </span><span class="v41_13_34"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.34" class="v41_13_34">34</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Mark.13.34!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert. </span><span class="v41_13_35"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.35" class="v41_13_35">35</span>So be alert! You don't know when the master of the house will come back. It could be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or in the morning. </span><span class="v41_13_36"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.36" class="v41_13_36">36</span>But if he comes suddenly, don't let him find you asleep. </span><span class="v41_13_37"><span class="reftext" id="Mark.13.37" class="v41_13_37">37</span>I tell everyone just what I have told you. Be alert!</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">where it should not be: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably the holy place in the temple.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">roof: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.4.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in winter: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In Palestine the winters are cold and rainy and make travel difficult.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the powers in the sky: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In ancient times people thought that the stars were spiritual powers.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.29 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the time has almost come: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “he (that is, the Son of Man) will soon be here.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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