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Mark 13:22   |  825
32  “Well said, teach­er,” the man re­plied. “You
are ­r ight in say­i ng that God is one and ­t here is
no oth­er but him. 33  To love him with all your
heart, with all your un­der­stand­i ng and with
all your ­strength, and to love your neigh­bor as
your­self is more im­por­t ant than all ­burnt of­
fer­i ngs and sac­r i­f ic­es.”
34  When ­Jesus saw that he had an­s wered
wise­ly, he said to him, “You are not far from
the king­dom of God.” And from then on no one
dared ask him any more ques­t ions.
Whose Son Is the Messiah?
35  While ­Jesus was teach­i ng in the tem­ple
c ­ ourts, he ­asked, “Why do the teach­ers of the
law say that the Mes­si­a h is the son of Da­v id?
36  Da­v id him­s elf, speak­i ng by the Holy Spir­it,
de­clared:
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
under your feet.” ’  a
37  Da­v id him­s elf ­c alls him ‘Lord.’ How then
can he be his son?”
The ­large ­c rowd lis­tened to him with de­
light.
Warning Against the Teachers of the Law
38  As he ­t aught, ­Jesus said, “Watch out for the
teach­ers of the law. They like to walk ­a round
in flow­i ng ­robes and be greet­ed with re­spect
in the mar­ket­plac­es, 39  and have the most im­
por­tant ­seats in the syn­a­gogues and the plac­es
of hon­or at ban­quets. 40  They de­vour wid­ows’
hous­es and for a show make ­lengthy ­prayers.
T hese men will be pun­ished most se­vere­ly.”
The Widow’s Offering
41  Jesus sat down op­po­s ite the ­place ­w here
the of­fer­i ngs were put and ­watched the ­crowd
put­t ing ­t heir mon­ey into the tem­ple trea­sury.
Many rich peo­ple ­t hrew in ­l arge ­a mounts.
42  But a poor wid­ow came and put in two very
small cop­per ­coins, ­worth only a few c ­ ents.
43  Call­i ng his dis­c i­ples to him, ­Jesus said,
“Tru­ly I tell you, this poor wid­ow has put more
into the trea­sury than all the oth­ers. 44  They all
gave out of ­t heir ­wealth; but she, out of her pov­
er­t y, put in ev­ery­t hing — ​a ll she had to live on.”
The Destruction of the Temple and
Signs of the End Times
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As ­Jesus was leav­i ng the tem­ple, one of
his dis­ci­ples said to him, “Look, Teach­
er! What mas­sive ­stones! What mag­n if­i­c ent
build­i ngs!”
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2  “Do
you see all ­t hese ­g reat build­i ngs?” re­
plied ­Jesus. “Not one ­stone here will be left on
an­oth­er; ev­ery one will be t ­ hrown down.”
3  As ­Jesus was sit­t ing on the ­Mount of Ol­ives
op­po­site the tem­ple, Pe­ter, ­James, John and
An­d rew ­a sked him pri­v ate­ly, 4  “Tell us, when
will ­t hese ­t hings hap­pen? And what will be the
sign that they are all ­about to be ful­f illed?”
5  Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one
de­ceives you. 6  Many will come in my name,
claim­i ng, ‘I am he,’ and will de­c eive many.
7  When you hear of wars and ru­mors of wars,
do not be ­a larmed. Such ­t hings must hap­pen,
but the end is ­still to come. 8  Na­t ion will rise
against na­t ion, and king­dom ­against king­dom.
T here will be earth­quakes in var­i­ous plac­es,
and fam­i nes. ­T hese are the be­g in­n ing of b
­ irth
pains.
9  “You must be on your ­g uard. You will be
hand­ed over to the lo­cal coun­cils and ­f logged
in the syn­a­gogues. On ac­count of me you will
stand be­fore gov­er­nors and ­k ings as wit­ness­
es to them. 10  And the gos­p el must ­f irst be
preached to all na­t ions. 11  When­ev­er you are
ar­rest­ed and ­brought to tri­a l, do not wor­r y be­
fore­hand ­about what to say. Just say what­ev­er
is giv­en you at the time, for it is not you speak­
ing, but the Holy Spir­it.
12  “Broth­er will be­t ray broth­er to ­death, and
a fa­t her his ­child. Chil­d ren will re­bel ­against
t heir par­ents and have them put to ­death.
13  Ev­ery­one will hate you be­c ause of me, but
the one who ­stands firm to the end will be
saved.
14  “When you see ‘the abom­i ­n a­t ion that
caus­e s des­o­l a­t ion’  b stand­i ng ­w here it  c does
not be­long — ​l et the read­e r un­d er­s tand — ​
then let ­t hose who are in Ju­dea flee to the
moun­t ains. 15  Let no one on the house­top go
down or en­ter the ­house to take any­t hing out.
16  Let no one in the ­f ield go back to get ­t heir
cloak. 17  How dread­f ul it will be in ­t hose days
for preg­n ant wom­en and nurs­i ng moth­ers!
18  Pray that this will not take ­place in win­t er,
19  be­c ause ­t hose will be days of dis­t ress un­
equaled from the be­g in­n ing, when God cre­
at­e d the ­world, un­t il now — ​a nd nev­er to be
equaled ­again.
20  “If the Lord had not cut ­s hort ­t hose days,
no one ­would sur­v ive. But for the sake of the
elect, whom he has cho­sen, he has short­ened
them. 21  At that time if any­one says to you,
‘Look, here is the Mes­si­a h!’ or, ‘Look, ­t here he
is!’ do not be­l ieve it. 22  For ­false mes­si­a hs and
false proph­ets will ap­pear and per­form ­signs
and won­ders to de­ceive, if pos­si­ble, even the
Psalm 110:1    b  14  Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11    c  14  Or he