Isaiah 18

English Standard Version

An Oracle Concerning Cush

18 Ah, land of ^(A)whirring wings
    that is beyond the rivers of ^(B)Cush,^[a]
²which ^(C)sends ambassadors by the sea,
    in vessels of papyrus on the waters!
Go, you swift messengers,
    to a nation ^(D)tall and smooth,
to a people feared near and far,
    a nation ^(E)mighty and conquering,
    whose land the rivers divide.

³All you inhabitants of the world,
    you who dwell on the earth,
when ^(F)a signal is raised on the mountains, look!
    When a trumpet is blown, hear!
⁴For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look ^(G)from my dwelling
    like clear heat in sunshine,
    like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
⁵^(H)For before the harvest, when the blossom is over,
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks,
    and the spreading branches he lops off and clears away.
⁶^(I)They shall all of them be left
    to the birds of prey of the mountains
    and to the beasts of the earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
    and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

⁷^(J)At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts

from a people ^(K)tall and smooth,
from a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering,
whose land the rivers divide,

to ^(L)Mount Zion, the place of the ^(M)name of the Lord of hosts.

Footnotes

Isaiah 18:1 Probably Nubia

Mark 12:35-13:13

English Standard Version

Whose Son Is the Christ?

³⁵^(A)And as ^(B)Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that ^(C)the Christ is the son of David? ³⁶David himself, ^(D)in the Holy Spirit, declared,

^(E)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies ^(F)under your feet.”’

³⁷David himself calls him Lord. So ^(G)how is he his son?” And the great throng ^(H)heard him gladly.

Beware of the Scribes

³⁸^(I)And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ³⁹and have the best seats in the synagogues and ^(J)the places of honor at feasts, ⁴⁰^(K)who devour widows' houses and ^(L)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

The Widow's Offering

⁴¹^(M)And he sat down opposite ^(N)the treasury and watched the people ^(O)putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two ^(P)small copper coins, which make a penny.^[a] ⁴³And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, ^(Q)this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her ^(R)poverty has put in everything she had, all ^(S)she had to live on.”

Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

13 ^(T)And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^(U)There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³And as he sat on ^(V)the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^(W)Peter and James and John and ^(X)Andrew asked him ^(Y)privately, ⁴“Tell us, ^(Z)when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵And Jesus began to say to them, ^(AA)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁶^(AB)Many will come in my name, saying, ^(AC)‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. ⁷And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, ^(AD)do not be alarmed. This ^(AE)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁸For ^(AF)nation will rise against nation, and ^(AG)kingdom against kingdom. There will be ^(AH)earthquakes in various places; there will be ^(AI)famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

⁹^(AJ)“But ^(AK)be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten ^(AL)in synagogues, and you will stand before ^(AM)governors and ^(AN)kings for my sake, ^(AO)to bear witness before them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed ^(AP)to all nations. ¹¹And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, ^(AQ)do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say ^(AR)whatever is given you in that hour, ^(AS)for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²^(AT)And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. ¹³^(AU)And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(AV)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Footnotes

Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta, which make a kodrantes; a kodrantes (Latin quadrans) was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)