Mark 13–14

CHAPTER 13

Signs of Christ’s Return

^1aAnd as He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples ^*said to Him, “Teacher, behold ¹what wonderful stones and ²what wonderful buildings!”

²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? ^aNot one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down.”

³And as He was sitting on ^athe Mount of Olives opposite the temple, ^bPeter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately,

⁴“Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the ¹sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?”

⁵And Jesus began to say to them, “See to it that no one deceives you.

⁶“Many will come in My name, saying, ‘^aI 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 ^adeliver you to the ¹courts, and you will be beaten ^bin the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a witness to them.

¹⁰“^aAnd the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

¹¹“^aAnd 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 ¹have them put to death.

¹³“^aAnd 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 ^awhen you see the ^babomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

¹⁵“^aAnd the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

¹⁶and 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 ^asince the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

²⁰“And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ¹life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ²elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

²¹“And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ¹Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

²²for false christs and ^afalse prophets will arise, and will show ^1bsigns and ^cwonders, 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, ^athe sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

^25aand the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in ¹the heavens will be shaken.

²⁶“And then they will see ^athe Son of Man ^bcoming in clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷“And then He will send forth the angels, and ^awill gather together His ¹elect from the four winds, ^bfrom 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, ¹recognize that ²He is near, right at the ³door.

³⁰“Truly I say to you, this ¹generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

³¹“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³²“^aBut of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³“See to it, ^akeep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time ¹will come.

³⁴“^aIt is like a man away on a journey, who, leaving his house and giving authority to his slaves—each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay awake.

³⁵“Therefore, ^astay awake—for you do not know when the ¹master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or ^bwhen the rooster crows, or ^cin the morning—

³⁶lest he come suddenly and find you ^asleeping.

³⁷“And what I say to you I say to all, ‘^aStay awake!’”

CHAPTER 14

The Plot to Kill Jesus

^1aNow ^bthe Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes ^cwere seeking how, after seizing Him in secret, they might kill Him;

²for they were saying, “Not during the festival, lest there be a riot of the people.”

The Costly Perfume

^3aAnd while He was in ^bBethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very ^ccostly pure ¹nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head.

⁴But some were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

⁵“For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred ¹denarii and given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

⁶But Jesus said, “Let her alone; why do you bother her? She did a good work to Me.

⁷“For you always have ^athe poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me.

⁸“She has done what she could; ^ashe anointed My body beforehand for the burial.

⁹“And truly I say to you, ^awherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

^10aThen Judas Iscariot, ^bwho was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests in order to ¹betray Him to them.

¹¹And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time.

The Passover Meal

^12aAnd on the first day of ^bUnleavened Bread, when ¹the Passover lamb was being ^csacrificed, His disciples ^*said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

¹³And He ^*sent two of His disciples and ^*said to them, “Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him;

¹⁴and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is My ^aguest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?” ’

¹⁵“And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there.”

¹⁶And the disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

^17aAnd when it was evening He ^*came with the twelve.

¹⁸And as they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you that one of you will ¹betray Me—the one who is eating with Me.”

¹⁹They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, “Surely not I?”

²⁰And He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, the one who dips with Me in the bowl.

²¹“For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man ¹by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good ²for that man if he had not been born.”

The Lord’s Supper

^22aAnd while they were eating, He took some bread, and ¹after a ^bblessing, He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, “Take it; this is My body.”

²³And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

²⁴And He said to them, “This is My ^ablood of the ^bcovenant, which is poured out for many.

²⁵“Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

^26aAnd after singing a hymn, they went out to ^bthe Mount of Olives.

^27aAnd Jesus ^*said to them, “You will all ¹fall away, because it is written, ‘^bI will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.’

²⁸“But after I have been raised, ^aI will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

²⁹But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may ¹fall away, yet I will not.”

³⁰And Jesus ^*said to him, “Truly I say to you, that ^atoday, this very night, before ^ba rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.”

³¹But Peter kept saying insistently, “If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

^32aThen they ^*came to a place named Gethsemane; and He ^*said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

³³And He ^*took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very ^adistressed and troubled.

³⁴And He ^*said to them, “^aMy soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

³⁵And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, ^athe hour might pass from Him.

³⁶And He was saying, “^aAbba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; ^byet not what I will, but what You will.”

³⁷And He ^*came and ^*found them sleeping, and ^*said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Could you not keep watch for one hour?

³⁸“^aKeep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

³⁹And again He went away and prayed, saying the same ¹words.

⁴⁰And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him.

⁴¹And He ^*came the third time, and ^*said to them, “¹Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; ^athe hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being ²betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴²“Get up, let us go; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”

The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

^43aAnd immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, ^*came up, and with him was a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away ¹under guard.”

⁴⁵And after coming, Judas, having immediately gone to Him, ^*said, “^aRabbi!” and…