THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK

THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED FROM
THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION BY JAMES MURDOCK

Chapter 13

(Mar 13:1) And as Jesus retired from the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher; behold; see these stones, and these structures!

(Mar 13:2) And Jesus said to him: Admirest thou these great structures? There will not be left here one stone upon another, not demolished.

(Mar 13:3) And as Jesus was sitting on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Cephas and James and John and Andrew asked him, privately:

(Mar 13:4) Tell us, when will these things be? and what [will be] the sign that these things approach their consummation?

(Mar 13:5) And Jesus began to say to them Beware, that no one mislead you:

(Mar 13:6) for many will come in my name, and will say: I am he. And they will mislead many.

(Mar 13:7) But when ye shall hear of battles, and the rumor of battles, be not afraid; for this must be; but the end is not yet.

(Mar 13:8) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in several places, and there will be famines and insurrections. These are the beginning of sorrows.

(Mar 13:9) And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them.

(Mar 13:10) And my tidings must first be proclaimed among all the nations.

(Mar 13:11) And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

(Mar 13:12) And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them.

(Mar 13:13) And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live.

(Mar 13:14) And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; let him that readeth, understand; then let those that are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

(Mar 13:15) and let him that is on the roof, not come down and enter [it], to take any thing from his house:

(Mar 13:16) and let him that is in the field, not return back to take his clothing.

(Mar 13:17) But, woe to those with child, and to those who nurse children, in those days!

(Mar 13:18) And pray ye, that your flight be not in winter.

(Mar 13:19) For in those days will be affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God made until now, and shall not be.

(Mar 13:20) And, unless God should shorten those days, no flesh would live. But, on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days.

(Mar 13:21) Then, if any one shall say to you: Lo, here is Messiah, or lo, there; give not credence.

(Mar 13:22) For false Messiahs will arise, and lying prophets; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect.

(Mar 13:23) But take ye heed. Lo, I have told you the whole beforehand.

(Mar 13:24) And in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened; and the moon will not give her light;

(Mar 13:25) and the stars will fall from heaven; and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

(Mar 13:26) And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory.

(Mar 13:27) And then will he send forth his angels, and will assemble his elect from the four winds, from the extremity of earth to the extremity of heaven.

(Mar 13:28) And, from the fig-tree learn ye a simile. When its twigs are tender, and its leaves bud forth, ye know that summer approacheth.

(Mar 13:29) So also, when ye shall see these occurrences, know ye, that it is near, at the door.

(Mar 13:30) Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur.

(Mar 13:31) Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

(Mar 13:32) But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man; nor the angels of heaven; neither the Son, but the Father.

(Mar 13:33) Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is.

(Mar 13:34) For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful.

(Mar 13:35) Watch ye, therefore; for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh; at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:

(Mar 13:36) lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping.

(Mar 13:37) And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.