Mark 13 : 1 (NCV)
As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his followers said to him, "Look, Teacher! How beautiful the buildings are! How big the stones are!"
Mark 13 : 2 (NCV)
Jesus said, "Do you see all these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. Every stone will be thrown down to the ground."
Mark 13 : 3 (NCV)
Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, opposite the Temple, he was alone with Peter, James, John, and Andrew. They asked Jesus,
Mark 13 : 4 (NCV)
"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are going to happen?"
Mark 13 : 5 (NCV)
Jesus began to answer them, "Be careful that no one fools you.
Mark 13 : 6 (NCV)
Many people will come in my name, saying, 'I am the One,' and they will fool many people.
Mark 13 : 7 (NCV)
When you hear about wars and stories of wars that are coming, don't be afraid. These things must happen before the end comes.
Mark 13 : 8 (NCV)
Nations will fight against other nations, and kingdoms against other kingdoms. There will be earthquakes in different places, and there will be times when there is no food for people to eat. These things are like the first pains when something new is about to be born.
Mark 13 : 9 (NCV)
You must be careful. People will arrest you and take you to court and beat you in their synagogues. You will be forced to stand before kings and governors, to tell them about me. This will happen to you because you follow me.
Mark 13 : 10 (NCV)
But before these things happen, the Good News must be told to all people.
Mark 13 : 11 (NCV)
When you are arrested and judged, don't worry ahead of time about what you should say. Say whatever is given you to say at that time, because it will not really be you speaking; it will be the Holy Spirit.
Mark 13 : 12 (NCV)
Brothers will give their own brothers to be killed, and fathers will give their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and cause them to be put to death.
Mark 13 : 13 (NCV)
All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.
Mark 13 : 14 (NCV)
You will see 'the destroying terror' standing where it should not be. (You who read this should understand what it means.) At that time, the people in Judea should run away to the mountains.
Mark 13 : 15 (NCV)
If people are on the roofs of their houses, they must not go down or go inside to get anything out of their houses.
Mark 13 : 16 (NCV)
If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their coats.
Mark 13 : 17 (NCV)
At that time, how terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or have nursing babies!
Mark 13 : 18 (NCV)
Pray that these things will not happen in winter,
Mark 13 : 19 (NCV)
because those days will be full of trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning, when God made the world, until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.
Mark 13 : 20 (NCV)
God has decided to make that terrible time short. Otherwise, no one would go on living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.
Mark 13 : 21 (NCV)
At that time, someone might say to you, 'Look, there is the Christ!' Or another person might say, 'There he is!' But don't believe them.
Mark 13 : 22 (NCV)
False Christs and false prophets will come and perform great wonders and miracles. They will try to fool even the people God has chosen, if that is possible.
Mark 13 : 23 (NCV)
So be careful. I have warned you about all this before it happens.
Mark 13 : 24 (NCV)
During the days after this trouble comes, 'the sun will grow dark, and the moon will not give its light.
Mark 13 : 25 (NCV)
The stars will fall from the sky. And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.'
Mark 13 : 26 (NCV)
Then people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
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Then he will send his angels all around the earth to gather his chosen people from every part of the earth and from every part of heaven.
Mark 13 : 28 (NCV)
Learn a lesson from the fig tree: When its branches become green and soft and new leaves appear, you know summer is near.
Mark 13 : 29 (NCV)
In the same way, when you see these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to come.
Mark 13 : 30 (NCV)
I tell you the truth, all these things will happen while the people of this time are still living.
Mark 13 : 31 (NCV)
Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.
Mark 13 : 32 (NCV)
No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows.
Mark 13 : 33 (NCV)
Be careful! Always be ready, because you don't know when that time will be.
Mark 13 : 34 (NCV)
It is like a man who goes on a trip. He leaves his house and lets his servants take care of it, giving each one a special job to do. The man tells the servant guarding the door always to be watchful.
Mark 13 : 35 (NCV)
So always be ready, because you don't know when the owner of the house will come back. It might be in the evening, or at midnight, or in the morning while it is still dark, or when the sun rises.
Mark 13 : 36 (NCV)
Always be ready. Otherwise he might come back suddenly and find you sleeping.
Mark 13 : 37 (NCV)
I tell you this, and I say this to everyone: 'Be ready!'"
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