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Mark 13:15–16

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15If people are on the roofs n of their houses, they must not go down or go inside to get anything out of their houses. 16If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their coats.

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  1. nroofs In Bible times houses were built with flat roofs. The roof was used for drying things such as flax and fruit. And it was used as an extra room, as a place for worship, and as a cool place to sleep in the summer.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house, and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.

NLTNew Living Translation

A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house, and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

KJV 1900King James Version

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.