Chapter 13
Temple Destruction and Other Signs
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As [Jesus] was leaving… the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at [the magnificent] stones and buildings!
Καὶ αὐτοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ εἷς τῶν αὐτοῦ μαθητῶν λέγει αὐτῷ Διδάσκαλε ἴδε ποταποὶ λίθοι καὶ ποταπαὶ οἰκοδομαί Kai autou ekporeuomenou ek tou hierou heis tōn autou mathētōn legei autō Didaskale ide potapoi lithoi kai potapai oikodomai — NA/TR · 1
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“Do you see [all] these great buildings? - Jesus replied -. “Not [one]… stone here will be left on [another]; [every one] vvv vvv will be thrown down.
Βλέπεις ταύτας μεγάλας τὰς οἰκοδομάς Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ οὐ μὴ λίθος ὧδε ἀφεθῇ ἐπὶ λίθον ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ Blepeis tautas megalas tas oikodomas Kai ho Iēsous eipen autō ou mē lithos hōde aphethē epi lithon hos ou mē katalythē — NA/TR · 2
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While [Jesus] was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him vvv privately,
Καὶ αὐτοῦ καθημένου εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ Πέτρος καὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ Ἀνδρέας ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν κατ’ ἰδίαν Kai autou kathēmenou eis to oros tōn Elaiōn katenanti tou hierou Petros kai Iakōbos kai Iōannēs kai Andreas epērōta auton kat’ idian — NA/TR · 3
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“Tell us, when {will} these things happen? And what [will be] the sign that vvv [they] are about to be fulfilled?
Εἰπὸν ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν πάντα ταῦτα μέλλῃ συντελεῖσθαι Eipon hēmin pote tauta estai kai ti to sēmeion hotan panta tauta mellē synteleisthai — NA/TR · 4
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- Jesus began by telling them, “See to it [that] [no one] deceives you.
δὲ Ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς Βλέπετε μή τις πλανήσῃ ὑμᾶς de Ho Iēsous ērxato legein autois Blepete mē tis planēsē hymas — NA/TR · 5
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Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am [He], and will deceive many.
πολλοὶ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ μου τῷ ὀνόματί λέγοντες ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ πλανήσουσιν πολλοὺς polloi eleusontai epi mou tō onomati legontes hoti Egō eimi kai planēsousin pollous — NA/TR · 6
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- When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, {do} not be alarmed. [ These things ] must happen, but the end [is] still to come.
δὲ ὅταν ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων μὴ θροεῖσθε δεῖ γενέσθαι ἀλλ’ τὸ τέλος οὔπω de hotan akousēte polemous kai akoas polemōn mē throeisthe dei genesthai all’ to telos oupō — NA/TR · 7
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- Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, [as well as] famines. These [are] [the] beginning of birth pains.
γὰρ ἔθνος ἐγερθήσεται ἐπ’ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους ἔσονται λιμοί ταῦτα ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων gar ethnos egerthēsetai ep’ ethnos kai basileia epi basileian esontai seismoi kata topous esontai limoi tauta archē ōdinōn — NA/TR · 8
Witnessing to All Nations
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[So] be on your guard… You will be delivered over to [the] councils and beaten in [the] synagogues. On My account… you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
δὲ ὑμεῖς Βλέπετε ἑαυτούς ὑμᾶς παραδώσουσιν εἰς συνέδρια καὶ δαρήσεσθε εἰς συναγωγὰς καὶ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ σταθήσεσθε ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς de hymeis Blepete heautous hymas paradōsousin eis synedria kai darēsesthe eis synagōgas kai heneken emou stathēsesthe epi hēgemonōn kai basileōn eis martyrion autois — NA/TR · 9
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And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
καὶ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον δεῖ πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη kai to euangelion dei prōton kērychthēnai eis panta ta ethnē — NA/TR · 10
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But when they arrest you [and] hand [you] over, {do} not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever… you are given at that time, for it will not be… you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
καὶ ὅταν ἄγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες μὴ προμεριμνᾶτε τί λαλήσητε ἀλλ’ λαλεῖτε τοῦτο ὃ ἐὰν ὑμῖν δοθῇ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ γάρ ἐστε οὐ ὑμεῖς οἱ λαλοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὸ Ἅγιον τὸ Πνεῦμα kai hotan agōsin hymas paradidontes mē promerimnate ti lalēsēte all’ laleite touto ho ean hymin dothē en ekeinē tē hōra gar este ou hymeis hoi lalountes alla to Hagion to Pneuma — NA/TR · 11
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- Brother will betray brother to death, and a father [his] child. Children will rise against [their] parents and vvv have them put to death.
Καὶ ἀδελφὸς παραδώσει ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον καὶ τέκνα ἐπαναστήσονται ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ αὐτούς θανατώσουσιν Kai adelphos paradōsei adelphon eis thanaton kai patēr teknon kai tekna epanastēsontai epi goneis kai autous thanatōsousin — NA/TR · 12
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- You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the [one who] perseveres to [the] end will be saved.
καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ μου τὸ ὄνομά δὲ ὁ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος οὗτος σωθήσεται kai esesthe misoumenoi hypo pantōn dia mou to onoma de ho hypomeinas eis telos houtos sōthēsetai — NA/TR · 13
The Abomination of Desolation
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So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where vvv it should not be ({let} the reader understand), then {let} those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
δὲ Ὅταν ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως ἑστηκότα ὅπου οὐ δεῖ ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη de Hotan idēte to bdelygma tēs erēmōseōs hestēkota hopou ou dei ho anaginōskōn noeitō tote hoi en tē Ioudaia pheugetōsan eis ta orē — NA/TR · 14
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{Let} [no one] on the housetop vvv go back inside… to retrieve anything from his house.
δὲ ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω μηδὲ εἰσελθάτω ἆραι τι ἐκ αὐτοῦ τῆς οἰκίας de ho epi tou dōmatos mē katabatō mēde eiselthatō arai ti ek autou tēs oikias — NA/TR · 15
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And {let} [no one] in the field vvv return for… his cloak.
καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἆραι αὐτοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιον kai ho eis ton agron mē epistrepsatō eis ta opisō arai autou to himation — NA/TR · 16
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[How] miserable those days [will be] for pregnant… and nursing [mothers]!
δὲ Οὐαὶ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς ἐχούσαις ἐν γαστρὶ καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις de Ouai en ekeinais tais hēmerais tais echousais en gastri kai tais thēlazousais — NA/TR · 17
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- Pray that vvv this will not occur in the winter.
δὲ προσεύχεσθε ἵνα μὴ γένηται χειμῶνος de proseuchesthe hina mē genētai cheimōnos — NA/TR · 18
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For those will be days of tribulation unseen… from [the] beginning of God’s creation… until now, and never… to be [seen again].
γὰρ ἐκεῖναι ἔσονται αἱ ἡμέραι θλῖψις τοιαύτη οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣν ὁ Θεὸς ἔκτισεν ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται gar ekeinai esontai hai hēmerai thlipsis toiautē hoia ou gegonen ap’ archēs ktiseōs hēn ho Theos ektisen heōs tou nyn kai ou mē genētai — NA/TR · 19
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- If [the] Lord vvv had not cut short those days, nobody… vvv would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has cut them short…
καὶ εἰ Κύριος μὴ ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας οὐκ πᾶσα σάρξ ἂν ἐσώθη ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας kai ei Kyrios mē ekolobōsen tas hēmeras ouk pasa sarx an esōthē alla dia tous eklektous hous exelexato ekolobōsen tas hēmeras — NA/TR · 20
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- At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here [is] the Christ! [or] ‘There [He is]! vvv do not believe [it].
Καὶ τότε ἐάν τις εἴπῃ ὑμῖν Ἴδε ὧδε ὁ Χριστός ἐκεῖ Ἴδε μὴ πιστεύετε Kai tote ean tis eipē hymin Ide hōde ho Christos ekei Ide mē pisteuete — NA/TR · 21
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For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders - to deceive [even] the elect, if [that were] possible.
γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐγερθήσονται καὶ δώσουσιν σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλανᾶν τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς εἰ δυνατὸν gar pseudochristoi kai pseudoprophētai egerthēsontai kai dōsousin sēmeia kai terata pros to apoplanan tous eklektous ei dynaton — NA/TR · 22
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[So] vvv be on your guard; I have told you everything {in advance}.
δὲ ὑμεῖς βλέπετε προείρηκα ὑμῖν πάντα de hymeis blepete proeirēka hymin panta — NA/TR · 23
The Return of the Son of Man
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But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon vvv will not give its light;
Ἀλλὰ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις μετὰ τὴν ἐκείνην θλῖψιν Ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται Καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει αὐτῆς τὸ φέγγος Alla en ekeinais tais hēmerais meta tēn ekeinēn thlipsin Ho hēlios skotisthēsetai Kai hē selēnē ou dōsei autēs to phengos — NA/TR · 24
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- the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται πίπτοντες ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται Kai hoi asteres esontai piptontes ek tou ouranou Kai hai dynameis hai en tois ouranois saleuthēsontai — NA/TR · 25
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vvv At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in [the] clouds with great power and glory.
Καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις μετὰ πολλῆς δυνάμεως καὶ δόξης Kai tote opsontai ton Huion tou anthrōpou erchomenon en nephelais meta pollēs dynameōs kai doxēs — NA/TR · 26
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And… He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from [the] ends of [the] earth to [the] ends of heaven.
καὶ τότε ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἐπισυνάξει τοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκλεκτοὺς ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων ἀπ’ ἄκρου γῆς ἕως ἄκρου οὐρανοῦ kai tote apostelei tous angelous kai episynaxei tous autou eklektous ek tōn tessarōn anemōn ap’ akrou gēs heōs akrou ouranou — NA/TR · 27
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
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Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as… its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
δὲ μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν Ἀπὸ τῆς συκῆς ὅταν ἤδη αὐτῆς ὁ κλάδος γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα γινώσκετε ὅτι τὸ θέρος ἐστίν ἐγγὺς de mathete tēn parabolēn Apo tēs sykēs hotan ēdē autēs ho klados genētai hapalos kai ekphyē ta phylla ginōskete hoti to theros estin engys — NA/TR · 28
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So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at [the] door.
οὕτως καὶ ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα ὑμεῖς γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐστιν ἐγγύς ἐπὶ θύραις houtōs kai hotan idēte tauta ginomena hymeis ginōskete hoti estin engys epi thyrais — NA/TR · 29
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Truly I tell you, this generation vvv vvv will not pass away until… all these things have happened.
ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι αὕτη ἡ γενεὰ οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ μέχρις οὗ πάντα ταῦτα γένηται amēn legō hymin hoti hautē hē genea ou mē parelthē mechris hou panta tauta genētai — NA/TR · 30
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- Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words vvv vvv will never pass away.
ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται δὲ μου οἱ λόγοι οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται ho ouranos kai hē gē pareleusontai de mou hoi logoi ou mē pareleusontai — NA/TR · 31
Readiness at Any Hour
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- No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only… the Father.
δὲ οὐδεὶς οἶδεν Περὶ ἐκείνης τῆς ἡμέρας ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ de oudeis oiden Peri ekeinēs tēs hēmeras ē tēs hōras oude hoi angeloi en ouranō oude ho Huios ei mē ho Patēr — NA/TR · 32
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Be on your guard [and] stay alert! For vvv you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Βλέπετε ἀγρυπνεῖτε γὰρ οὐκ οἴδατε πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν Blepete agrypneite gar ouk oidate pote ho kairos estin — NA/TR · 33
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[It is] like a man going on a journey [who] left his house, put each - servant in charge of his [own] task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος ἀφεὶς αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ δοὺς ἑκάστῳ αὐτοῦ τοῖς δούλοις τὴν ἐξουσίαν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ θυρωρῷ ἵνα γρηγορῇ Hōs anthrōpos apodēmos apheis autou tēn oikian kai dous hekastō autou tois doulois tēn exousian autou to ergon kai eneteilato tō thyrōrō hina grēgorē — NA/TR · 34
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Therefore keep watch, because vvv you do not know when the master of the house will return— whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
οὖν γρηγορεῖτε γὰρ οὐκ οἴδατε πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται ἢ ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ oun grēgoreite gar ouk oidate pote ho kyrios tēs oikias erchetai ē opse ē mesonyktion ē alektorophōnias ē prōi — NA/TR · 35
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Otherwise, he may arrive without notice [and] find you sleeping.
μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας mē elthōn exaiphnēs heurē hymas katheudontas — NA/TR · 36
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And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!
δὲ ὃ λέγω ὑμῖν λέγω πᾶσιν γρηγορεῖτε de ho legō hymin legō pasin grēgoreite — NA/TR · 37