Mark 13:5-31

Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one deceives you. ⁶ Many will come in My name, saying, ‘^(A)I am He!’ and will mislead many. ⁷ And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. ⁸ For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ “But see to yourselves; for they will ^(B)deliver you to the ^[a]courts, and you will be beaten ^(C)in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a witness to them. ^10 (D)And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations. ^11 (E)And when they lead you away, delivering you up, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given to you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and ^[b]have them put to death. ^13 (F)And you will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

The Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation

¹⁴ “But ^(G)when you see the ^(H)abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ^15 (I)And the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; ¹⁶ and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. ¹⁷ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸ But pray that it may not happen in the winter. ¹⁹ For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^(J)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. ²⁰ And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ^[c]life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ^[d]elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. ²¹ And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ^[e]Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; ²² for false christs and ^(K)false prophets will arise, and will show ^[f](L)signs and ^(M)wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. ²³ But as for you, see! I have told you everything in advance.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ “But in those days, after that tribulation, ^(N)the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, ^25 (O)and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in ^[g]the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶ And then they will see ^(P)the Son of Man ^(Q)coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷ And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(R)will gather together His ^[h]elect from the four winds, ^(S)from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

The Parable of the Fig Tree

²⁸ “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. ²⁹ Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, ^[i]recognize that ^[j]He is near, right at the ^[k]door. ³⁰ Truly I say to you, this ^[l]generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.