Mark 13 Later, while progressively making His way out of the temple grounds (or: courts), one of His disciples says to Him, "Teacher! See (or: Look) what kind of (may = what magnificent) stones and what sort of (may = what wonderful or great) buildings these are!"

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Later, while progressively making His way out of the temple grounds (or: courts), one of His disciples says to Him, "Teacher! See (or: Look) what kind of (may = what magnificent) stones and what sort of (may = what wonderful or great) buildings [these are]!" ² However, upon considering, Jesus said to him, "You continue looking at (or: Are you still seeing and observing... ?) these great buildings! Under no circumstances may be left here stone upon stone, which may not by all means be loosed down (dislodged and torn down)." ³ And then – [having come] into the Mountain of Olives – during His continued sitting with the temple complex in view, Peter, Jacob (James), John and Andrew began inquiring of Him, privately, ⁴ "Tell us, when will these things proceed in being? And further, what [is/will be] the sign whenever all these things may be about to be progressively brought together and ended (or: concluding; or: finished together and brought to their purposed goal – their intended end and destiny)?" ⁵ So Jesus, giving a decided response, began to be saying to them, "Be continuously observing, and see to it [that] no one can lead you folks astray (or: should at some point deceive you people). ⁶ "Many folks will continue coming [depending or basing their authority] upon My Name, repeatedly saying 'I myself am' (or: saying that, 'I, in contradistinction to others, am he [or: the one] ') – and they will successively be leading many folks astray (or: deceiving many). ⁷ "Yet, whenever you men may hear [the noise of] battles [nearby], as well as reports or rumors of wars [farther off], don't you folks be disturbed or alarmed, for it is necessary for it to happen, but nonetheless, [it is] not yet the end (the goal; the consummation; the closing act; the finished product). ⁸ "For ethnic group (or: nation) will proceed being raised (or: roused) up upon ethnic group (or: nation), and kingdom upon kingdom. There will successively be earthquakes (or: shakings) in one place after another. There will continue being famines and times of hunger. These things [are] a beginning of 'birth pains.' ⁹ "So as for you folks, continue looking to (or: after) yourselves, for people will repeatedly give you over unto sanhedrins (the ruling councils, or courts, in the Jewish culture of that time), as well as unto synagogues (local religious and cultural centers). [There] you folks will be repeatedly beaten and severely whipped (or: lashed). Also, you will continue being caused to make a stand upon [the demand] of governors (rulers) and kings, in consequence of involvement with Me, [leading] into a witness and testimony to, and evidence for, them. ¹⁰ "Further, it continues necessary for the good news (the message of goodness, ease and well-being) to be publicly proclaimed into the midst of all the ethnic multitudes (unto all the non-Jews and the nations), first. ¹¹ "Then, whenever they may repeatedly bring or progressively lead you folks, while in process of giving you over, do not continue anxious or filled with worry beforehand as to what you folks should be speaking. On the contrary, whatever may be given to and in you within that hour, continue speaking this. You see, you folks are not the ones then speaking, but rather, [it is] the Set-apart Breath-effect (or: Holy Spirit; Sacred Attitude). ¹² "And so, a brother will proceed giving over [his] brother into death, and a father [his] child. Also, children will progressively rise up upon (or: repeatedly take a stand against) parents and even will proceed putting them to death. ¹³ "Furthermore, you will continue being people constantly hated and repeatedly regarded with ill-will by everyone (all folks) – because of My Name. Yet, the one enduring and remaining under [these situations] on into the conclusion [of these things] (or: unto the attainment of the goal; into the finished state of maturity; into the final act and end) will continue being kept safe (or: rescued; delivered; restored to health and wholeness; saved). ¹⁴ "Now whenever you folks may see 'the abomination of the desolation' (or: the detestable thing which results in a region becoming uninhabited, lonely and like a desert; or: the loathing and abhorrence which pertains to a wasted condition; [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11]) standing where it is binding not [to stand] (or: where it is not proper; where it must not) – let the one reading continue directing his mind and using his intellect [here] (= figure out what this means) – then let those within the midst of Judea progressively take flight, and continue fleeing into the mountains (or: hill country). ¹⁵ "But now for the one upon the housetop: let him not descend (step down), neither let him enter to pick up anything from out of his house. ¹⁶ "And for the one [having gone] into the field, let him not return (or: turn back) unto the things [remaining] behind to pick up his cloak (or: outer garment). ¹⁷ "Yet woe to (= it will be hard, perhaps even tragic, for) the pregnant women, as well as for those still nursing [babies] in the midst of those days! ¹⁸ "So you folks be continuously thinking and praying toward things going well, to the end that your flight (escape) may not occur (happen) in winter (or: in the rainy season), ¹⁹ "for those days will continue being pressure (constricted squeezing; tribulation; affliction; oppression) the sort of which, [even] such a kind as this, has not happened (occurred), and could in no way have come to be, from [the] beginning of [the] creation (= the bringing of order from out of chaos) which God framed and founded, until now! [Joel 2:2; Dan. 12:1; Lu. 21:22] ²⁰ "And now – except [the] Lord [= Christ or Yahweh] cuts short (maims; curtails; lops off; discounts) the days – all flesh (= people) will not likely continue being kept safe or rescued. However, because of the chosen ones, whom He Himself picked out, He cuts short (curtails) the days. ²¹ "Then, at that time, if anyone of you folks should say, 'Look! Here [is] the Christ (the Anointed One; or: the Anointing)! Or See, there [He is]!' – be neither trusting nor believing [them]. ²² "You see, false 'Christs' (false anointed ones; counterfeit anointings) and false prophets will continue being roused and raised up (perhaps = come to prominence) and they will be repeatedly providing signs and miracles (wonders; portents) [aiming] toward the accomplishment of leading-astray – if [they are] able – the chosen ones (or: with a view to the situation for the selected and picked-out folks to wander off [the path] – since [it is] possible and [they are] having power). ²³ "So you people continue looking and keep on taking note (= be on your guard). I have foretold everything to you (or: I have declared all things for you beforehand). ²⁴ "But further, after that pressure (tribulation; stress; affliction) within those days, 'The sun will be progressively darkened, and the moon will not continue giving her radiance, ²⁵ 'then the stars will proceed falling, one after another, from out of the heaven (or: the sky), and those powers within the heavens (or: skies; atmospheres) will be repeatedly shaken.' [Isa. 13:10; 34:4; Ezk. 32:7; Joel 2:10; 3:4; 4:15; Hag. 2:6, 21] ²⁶ "Then, at that time, they will proceed seeing the Son of the Man (the son of the human; the Human Being) progressively coming within the midst of clouds, with much power (or: ability) and a manifestation which calls forth praise (glory). [Dan. 7:13-14] ²⁷ "Also, at that time, He will proceed to commission and send off (cause to function as representatives) His agents (with other MSS: the messengers; the folks with the message) and He will proceed completely gathering together (convening; fully leading together; or: assembling-upon) His chosen ones from out of the four winds – from the extremity of the Land (or: earth) to the extent of the extremity of [the] atmosphere (or: the edge of [the] sky; or: the high point of heaven). ²⁸ "Now, learn the parable (or: the illustration) from the fig tree: whenever its young branch (or: shoot) should become tender (soft and pliable) and should progressively grow and sprout out the leaves, by experience you normally know that the summer is near. ²⁹ "Thus also, whenever you folks, yourselves, should see these things progressively occurring (happening; coming into existence), you will continue knowing from experience that it (or: He) progresses to be near – upon (or: at) the gates (or: doors; entrances)! ³⁰ "Truly I am now saying to you folks that this generation may under no circumstances pass on by until which [time; situation] all these things should come to be (occur; happen; be birthed). ³¹ "The heaven and the earth (or: The sky and the land) will progressively pass on by, yet My words (or: thoughts and ideas; messages) will under no circumstances pass on by. ³² "Now about (concerning) that day or the hour, no one has seen, nor knows – neither the agents in the midst of [the] atmosphere (or: messengers within heaven; folks with the message, centered on the sky), nor the Son – except the Father. ³³ "Continue looking, observing, taking note – and be on your guard! Be constantly awake, watchful and alert! Be habitually thinking, speaking and acting with a view to goodness, ease and wellbeing (or: continuously praying)! You see, you folks have not seen and are thus unaware of when it is the appointed season (or: the fitting situation; the kairos; the fertile moment). ³⁴ "[It is] like a person (human), a traveler (one who journeys away from home and country), leaving his home and giving the authority to his slaves – to each one his work – and imparts a directed goal in the gatekeeper (or: to the doorkeeper; for the person in charge of the entry) that he should be constantly watchful and alert. ³⁵ "Therefore you people continue being watchful and alert, because you have not seen and thus you folks are unaware of when 'the Lord of the House' (or: the 'Owner of the house') is proceeding to come – whether [at] evening, or midnight, or [at] the crowing of the rooster, or early in the morning. ³⁶ "Coming suddenly and unexpectedly, may He not find you folks continuing (or: by habit) fast asleep! ³⁷ "Now what I am now saying to you people, I continue saying to everyone (to all), 'You folks continue being watchful and alert'!"