1 And as he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Master, behold what manner of stones and what buildings are here. 2 And Jesus answering, said to him: Seest thou all these great buildings? There shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olivet over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him apart: 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall begin to be fulfilled? 5 And Jesus answering, began to say to them, Take heed lest any man deceive you. 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am he; and they shall deceive many. 7 And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, fear ye not. For such things must needs be, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and famines. These things are the beginning of sorrows. 9 But look to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten, and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them. 10 And unto all nations the gospel must first be preached. 11 And when they shall lead you and deliver you up, be not thoughtful beforehand what you shall speak; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye. For it is not you that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12 And the brother shall betray his brother unto death, and the father his son; and children shall rise up against the parents, and shall work their death. 13 And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake. But he that shall endure unto the end, he shall be saved. 14 And when you shall see the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not: he that readeth let him understand: then let them that are in Judea, flee unto the mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop, not go down into the house, nor enter therein to take any thing out of the house: 16 And let him that shall be in the field, not turn back to take up his garment. 17 And woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days. 18 But pray ye, that these things happen not in winter. 19 For in those days shall be such tribulations, as were not from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be. 20 And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect which he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. 21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; lo, he is here: do not believe. 22 For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, and they shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce (if it were possible) even the elect. 23 Take you heed therefore; behold I have foretold you all things. 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. 25 And the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers that are in heaven, shall be moved. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 28 Now of the fig tree learn ye a parable. When the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves are come forth, you know that summer is very near. 29 So you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know ye that it is very nigh, even at the doors. 30 Amen I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, until all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away. 32 But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray. For ye know not when the time is. 34 Even as a man who going into a far country, left his house; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore, (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning,) 36 Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch.
Mark · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 24:1–51; Ezekiel 11:22–23; Malachi 3:1–2; Ezekiel 8:6; Ezekiel 10:19
- 2 Luke 21:6; Matthew 24:2; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 26:18; 1 Kings 9:7–8
- 3 Matthew 21:1; Mark 4:34; Mark 9:2; Mark 10:35; Mark 1:16–19
- 4 Acts 1:6–7; Matthew 24:3; John 21:21–22; Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:8
- 5 Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8; Jeremiah 29:8; 1 John 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3
- 6 Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1; John 5:43; Acts 5:36–39; Jeremiah 14:14
- 7 Luke 21:9–11; John 14:27; Matthew 24:6–7; Psalm 112:7; Psalm 27:3
- 8 Psalm 48:6; Matthew 24:8; Isaiah 37:3; Haggai 2:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
- 9 Matthew 10:17–18; John 16:2; 1 Corinthians 4:9–13; Mark 13:5; Philippians 1:29
- 10 Matthew 24:14; Colossians 1:23; Romans 10:18; Revelation 14:6; Colossians 1:6
- 11 Luke 21:14–15; Luke 12:11–12; Matthew 10:19–21; Acts 6:10; 1 Corinthians 2:13
- 12 Matthew 10:21; Luke 12:52–53; Luke 21:16; Micah 7:4–6; Matthew 24:10
- 13 John 15:18–19; Matthew 10:22; Luke 6:22; Matthew 24:13; Galatians 6:9
- 14 Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Daniel 11:31; Matthew 24:15–28; Luke 21:20–24
- 15 Hebrews 11:7; Luke 17:31–33; Philippians 3:7–8; Matthew 24:16–18; Proverbs 6:4–5
- 17 Luke 23:29; Lamentations 4:10; Hosea 13:16; Luke 21:23; Matthew 24:19–21
- 19 Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matthew 24:21; Daniel 9:26; Daniel 9:12
- 20 Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8–9; Zechariah 13:8–9; Romans 11:28–32; Isaiah 1:9
- 21 Luke 21:8; Matthew 24:23–25; Matthew 24:5; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Luke 17:23–24
- 22 Matthew 24:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:8–14; Mark 13:6; 1 John 2:26; Matthew 7:15
- 23 2 Peter 3:17; John 14:29; Luke 21:8; Isaiah 44:7–8; Mark 13:5
- 24 Isaiah 13:10; Acts 2:19–20; Revelation 6:12–14; Matthew 24:29–31; 2 Peter 3:10
- 25 Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13
- 26 Revelation 1:7; Mark 14:62; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 25:31
- 27 Zechariah 2:6; Matthew 24:31; Deuteronomy 30:4; Revelation 7:1–3; 2 Thessalonians 2:1
- 28 Luke 21:29–31; Matthew 24:32–33
- 29 James 5:9; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Hebrews 10:25–37; Ezekiel 12:25–28; Ezekiel 7:10–12
- 30 Matthew 24:34; Luke 21:32; Mark 9:1; Matthew 23:36; Matthew 16:28
- 31 Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 24:35; Luke 21:33; Matthew 5:18
- 32 Matthew 24:36–42; Acts 1:7; Matthew 25:13; Revelation 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–2
- 33 Romans 13:11–12; Luke 12:40; Ephesians 6:18; Revelation 16:15; Matthew 25:13
- 34 John 10:3; Matthew 25:14–30; Luke 12:36–40; Matthew 24:45–47; 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 35 Matthew 24:42; Mark 13:33; Matthew 24:44; Mark 14:30; Mark 6:48
- 36 1 Thessalonians 5:6–7; Matthew 24:48–51; Luke 21:34; Romans 13:11–14; Mark 14:40
- 37 Luke 12:41–46; Mark 13:33; Mark 13:35
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The advice, Brethren, which ye have just heard Scripture give, when it tells us to watch for the last day, every one should think of as concerning his own last day; lest haply when ye judge or think the last day of the world to be far distant, ye slumber with respect to your own last day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
… of God; while even the Lord, the very Son of God, allowed that the Father alone knows the very day and hour of judgment, when He plainly declares, "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, neither the Son, but the Father only." If, then, the Son was not ashamed to ascribe the knowledge of that day to …
Ye have heard what Jesus said concerning the last day of this world, "That neither the Angels of heaven, nor the Son knew it, but the Father." Where indeed there is a great difficulty, lest understanding this in a carnal way, we think that the Father knoweth anything which the Son knoweth not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." By saying, not the angels, He stopped their mouths, that they should not seek to learn what these angels know not; and by saying, "neither the Son," forbids them not only to learn, but even to inquire.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Their tenth objection is the ignorance, and the statement that Of the last day and hour knoweth no man, not even the Son Himself, but the Father. And yet how can Wisdom be ignorant of anything--that is, Wisdom Who made the worlds, Who perfects them, Who remodels them, Who is the Limit of all things that were made, Who knoweth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)