Mark 13
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And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher,
behold, what manner of stones and what manner of buildings!
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And Jesus said to him, See you these great buildings? there shall not be left here
one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.
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And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and
John and Andrew asked him privately,
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Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things
are all about to be accomplished?
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And Jesus began to say to them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
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Many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and shall lead many astray.
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And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: [these things]
must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
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For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be
earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning
of travail.
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But take you heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in
synagogues shall you be beaten; and before governors and kings shall you stand for
my sake, for a testimony to them.
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And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
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And when they lead you [to judgment], and deliver you up, be not anxious beforehand
what you shall speak: but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak you;
for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.
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And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children
shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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And you shall be hated of all men for my name`s sake: but he who endures to the end,
the same shall be saved.
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But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him
whom reads understand), then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains:
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and let him whom is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out
his house:
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and let him whom is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
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But woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
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And pray you that it be not in the winter.
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For those days shall be tribulation, such as there has not been the like from the
beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.
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And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for
the elect`s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
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And then if any man shall say to you, Behold, here is the Christ; or, Behold, there;
believe [it] not:
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for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders,
that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.
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But take you heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
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But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light,
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and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens
shall be shaken.
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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
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And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and
puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is nigh;
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even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know you that he is nigh,
[even] at the doors.
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Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be
accomplished.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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But of that day or that hour knows no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither
the Son, but the Father.
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Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.
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[It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and
given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to
watch.
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Watch therefore: for you know not when the lord of the house comes, whether at even,
or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning;
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lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
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And what I say to you I say to all, Watch.