Marcos 13

¹ AndThe destruction of the temple, city, and whole nation is foretold, and the troubles of the Church: but yet there are many comforts added, and last of all, the end of the world is described.as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here]!

² Then Iesus answered and saide vnto him, Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone vpon a stone, that shall not be throwen downe.

³ And as he sate on the mount of Oliues, ouer against the Temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew asked him secretly,

⁴ Tell vs, when shall these things be? And what shalbe the signe when all these things shalbe fulfilled?

⁵ And Iesus answered them, & began to say, Take heede lest any man deceiue you.

⁶ For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

⁷ Furthermore when ye shall heare, of warres, & rumours of warres, be ye not troubled: for such things must needes be: but the end shall not be yet.

⁸ For nation shal rise against nation, & kingdome against kingdome, and there shalbe earthquakes in diuers quarters, and there shalbe famine and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorowes.

⁹ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for aWhen they hear you preach it will be a most evident witness against them, so that they will not be able to pretend that they do not know.testimony against them.

¹⁰ And the Gospel must first be published among all nations.

¹¹ But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up,We are not forbidden to think beforehand, but we are willed to beware of that pensive carefulness by which men discourage themselves, which proceeds from distrust and lack of confidence and sure hope of God's assistance. {{See Mat_6:27}}take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neitherBy any kind of made-up and cunning type of story to tell.do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

¹² Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

¹³ And ye shall be hated of all [men]For me.for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

¹⁴ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,When the heathen and profane people shall not only enter into the temple, and defile both it and the city, but also completely destroy it.standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

¹⁵ And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.

¹⁶ And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.

¹⁷ Then wo shalbe to the that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

¹⁸ Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter.

¹⁹ For [in]This is an idiom which the Hebrews use and it has a great power in it, for it shows us that during that entire time one misery will follow another in such a way as if the time itself was very misery itself. So the prophet Amos says that the day of the Lord will be darkness; (Amo_5:20).those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

²⁰ And except that the Lorde had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.

²¹ Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.

²² For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.

²³ But take ye heede: beholde, I haue shewed you all things before.

²⁴ Moreouer in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and ye moone shall not giue her light,

²⁵ And the starres of heauen shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shall shake.

²⁶ And then shall they see the Sonne of man comming in ye cloudes, with great power & glory.

²⁷ And he shall then send his Angels, & shal gather together his elect from the foure windes, and from the vtmost part of the earth to the vtmost part of heauen.

²⁸ Nowe learne a parable of the figge tree. When her bough is yet tender, and it bringeth foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neere.

²⁹ So in like maner, when ye see these things come to passe, knowe that the kingdom of God is neere, euen at the doores.

³⁰ Verely I say vnto you, that this generation shall not passe, till all these things be done.

³¹ Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my woordes shall not passe away.

³² The latter day is not to be searched for curiously, which day the Father alone knows: but let us rather take heed that it does not come upon us unaware.But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

³³ Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

³⁴ For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, & leaueth his house, & giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch.

³⁵ Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)

³⁶ Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

³⁷ And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.