Mark 13 - World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers(engWEBUS)

1As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”

2Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down.”

3As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

4“Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?”

5Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

6For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’

7 “When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

8For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

10The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

11When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

12 “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

13You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

14 “But when you see the abomination of desolation,

“Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

24But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

25the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

28 “Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

30Most certainly I say to you, this generation

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

32 “But of that day or that hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

34 “It is like a man traveling to another country, having left his house and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

35Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

36lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.

37What I tell you, I tell all: Watch!”