Mark 12-13 (Darby Translation)

Mark 12

 ¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

 ²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

 ³But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

 ⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.

 ⁵And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

 ⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

 ⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

 ⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

 ⁹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

 ¹⁰Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

 ¹¹this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

 ¹²And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

 ¹³And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

 ¹⁴And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

 ¹⁵Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see [it].

 ¹⁶And they brought [it]. And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

 ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them, Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. And they wondered at him.

 ¹⁸And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

 ¹⁹Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

 ²⁰There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

 ²¹and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.

 ²²And the seven [took her and] did not leave seed. Last of all the woman also died.

 ²³In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

 ²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Do not ye therefore err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?

 ²⁵For when they rise from among [the] dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels [who are] in the heavens.

 ²⁶But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the section of] the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, *I* [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

 ²⁷He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. *Ye* therefore greatly err.

 ²⁸And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?

 ²⁹And Jesus answered him, [The] first commandment of all [is], Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

 ³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is [the] first commandment.

 ³¹And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

 ³²And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to [the] truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;

 ³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

 ³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

 ³⁵And Jesus answering said [as he was] teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

 ³⁶[for] David himself said [speaking] in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet.

 ³⁷David himself [therefore] calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the mass of the people heard him gladly.

 ³⁸And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

 ³⁹and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

 ⁴⁰who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

 ⁴¹And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.

 ⁴²And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

 ⁴³And having called his disciples to [him] he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

 ⁴⁴for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.

Mark 13

 ¹And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, see what stones and what buildings!

 ²And Jesus answering said to him, Seest thou these great buildings? not a stone shall be left upon a stone, which shall not be thrown down.

 ³And as he sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

 ⁴Tell us, when shall these things be, and what is the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?

 ⁵And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any one mislead you.

 ⁶For many shall come in my name, saying, It is *I*, and shall mislead many.

 ⁷But when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not disturbed, for [this] must happen, but the end is not yet.

 ⁸For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in [different] places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these things [are the] beginnings of throes.

 ⁹But *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;

 ¹⁰and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

 ¹¹But when they shall lead you away to deliver you up, be not careful beforehand as to what ye shall say, [nor prepare your discourse]: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for *ye* are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit.

 ¹²But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

 ¹³And ye will be hated of all on account of my name; but he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved.

 ¹⁴But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not, (he that reads let him consider [it],) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains;

 ¹⁵and him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter [into it] to take away anything out of his house;

 ¹⁶and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.

 ¹⁷But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

 ¹⁸And pray that it may not be in winter time;

 ¹⁹for those days shall be distress such as there has not been the like since [the] beginning of creation which God created, until now, and never shall be;

 ²⁰and if [the] Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.

 ²¹And then if any one say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ, or Lo, there, believe [it] not.

 ²²For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and give signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

 ²³But do *ye* take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

 ²⁴But in those days, after that distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light;

 ²⁵and the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken;

 ²⁶and then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory;

 ²⁷and then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from end of earth to end of heaven.

 ²⁸But learn the parable from the fig-tree: when its branch already becomes tender and puts forth the leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

 ²⁹Thus also *ye*, when ye see these things happening, know that it is near, at the doors.

 ³⁰Verily I say unto you, This generation shall in no wise pass away, till all these things take place.

 ³¹The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

 ³²But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

 ³³Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:

 ³⁴[it is] as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

 ³⁵Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning;

 ³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

 ³⁷But what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.