20 And unless the Lord had cut short the days, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the elect, whom He chose, He cut short the days.
Mark 13:20 Cross References - CAB
Isaiah 1:9
9 And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 6:13
13 And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a terebinth tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.
Isaiah 65:8-9
8 Thus says the Lord: As the new wine shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for the sake of him that serves Me, for his sake I will not destroy them all.
9 And I will lead forth the seed that came of Jacob and of Judah, and they shall inherit My holy mountain; and My elect and My servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there.
Zechariah 13:8-9
8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it shall be cut off and perish; but one-third shall be left in it.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Matthew 24:22
22 And unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.
Romans 11:5-7
5 Even so then, at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
Romans 11:23-24
23 And they also, if they do not remain in unbelief, shall be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Romans 11:28-32
28 As regards to the gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as regards to election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
30 For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now you were shown mercy through their disobedience,
31 even so these now were disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also might be shown mercy.
32 For God has shut up all to disobedience, that He might show mercy to all.