Mark 13:1–20

¹And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, ‘Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!’ ²and Jesus answering said to him, ‘Seest thou these great buildings? there may not be left a stone upon a stone, that may not be thrown down.’ ³And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself, ⁴‘Tell us when these things shall be? and what is the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?’

⁵And Jesus answering them, began to say, ‘Take heed lest any one may lead you astray, ⁶for many shall come in my name, saying—I am he, and many they shall lead astray; ⁷and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end is not yet; ⁸for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows are these.

⁹‘And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them; ¹⁰and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.

¹¹‘And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

¹²‘And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death, ¹³and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end—he shall be saved.

¹⁴‘And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; ¹⁵and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house; ¹⁶and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.

¹⁷‘And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; ¹⁸and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, ¹⁹for those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be; ²⁰and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.