Mark 13:14 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁴ But as soon as you see the dreadful desecration standing where he has no right to stand" (the reader must take note of this), "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills;

⁵¹ "Do you understand all this?" They said to him, "Yes."

¹⁵ "So when you see the dreadful desecration, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the Holy Place"—the reader must take note of this— ¹⁶ "then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills; ¹⁷ a man on the roof of his house must not go down to get things out of it, ¹⁸ and a man in the field must not turn back to get his coat. ¹⁹ But alas for women who are with child at that time or who have babies! ²⁰ And pray that you may not have to fly in winter or on the Sabbath, ²¹ for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again. ²² If those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's people those days will be cut short. ²³ "If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it, ²⁴ for false Christs and false prophets will appear, and they will show great signs and wonders to mislead God's chosen people if they can. ²⁵ Here I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ So if they say to you, 'There he is, in the desert!' do not go out there; 'Here he is, in a room in here!' do not believe it. ²⁷ For just as the lightning starts in the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. ²⁸ Wherever there is a dead body, the vultures will flock.

²⁰ But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, then you must understand that her devastation is at hand. ²¹ Then those who are in Judea must fly to the hills, those who are in the city must get out of it, and those who are in the country must not go into it, ²² for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled. ²³ But alas for women who are with child at that time, or who have babies, for there will be great misery in the land and anger at this people. ²⁴ They will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried off as prisoners among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the heathen, until the time of the heathen comes.

³⁰ Philip ran up and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said to him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" ³¹ "Why, how can I," he answered, "unless someone explains it to me?" And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him.

⁷ Even inanimate things, like the flute or the harp, may produce sound, but if there is no difference in the notes, how can you tell what is being played? ⁸ If the bugle does not sound a clear call, who will prepare for battle?

²⁰ Brothers, you must not be children mentally. In evil be babies, but mentally be mature.

³ Blessed be the man who reads this prophecy and those who hear it read and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.

¹⁸ There is wisdom hidden here! Let everyone of intelligence calculate the animal's number, for it indicates a certain man; its number is 666.