Mark 13 - Bible in Basic English with Greek
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1 And when he was going out of the Temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see, what stones and what buildings! | ![]() | 1 καὶ ἐκπορευομένου αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ λέγει αὐτῶ εἷς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, διδάσκαλε, ἴδε ποταποὶ λίθοι καὶ ποταπαὶ οἰκοδομαί. |
2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned. | ![]() | 2 καὶ ὁ ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῶ, βλέπεις ταύτας τὰς μεγάλας οἰκοδομάς; οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον ὃς οὐ μὴ καταλυθῇ. |
3 And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately, | ![]() | 3 καὶ καθημένου αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν κατέναντι τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπηρώτα αὐτὸν κατ᾽ ἰδίαν πέτρος καὶ ἰάκωβος καὶ ἰωάννης καὶ ἀνδρέας, |
4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done. | ![]() | 4 εἰπὸν ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν μέλλῃ ταῦτα συντελεῖσθαι πάντα. |
5 And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone. | ![]() | 5 ὁ δὲ ἰησοῦς ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς, βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ· |
6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way. | ![]() | 6 πολλοὶ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῶ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσιν. |
7 And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end. | ![]() | 7 ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ οὔπω τὸ τέλος. |
8 Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles. | ![]() | 8 ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπ᾽ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους, ἔσονται λιμοί· ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων ταῦτα. |
9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them. | ![]() | 9 βλέπετε δὲ ὑμεῖς ἑαυτούς· παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια καὶ εἰς συναγωγὰς δαρήσεσθε καὶ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ βασιλέων σταθήσεσθε ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς. |
10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations. | ![]() | 10 καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη πρῶτον δεῖ κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον. |
11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit. | ![]() | 11 καὶ ὅταν ἄγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες, μὴ προμεριμνᾶτε τί λαλήσητε, ἀλλ᾽ ὃ ἐὰν δοθῇ ὑμῖν ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦτο λαλεῖτε, οὐ γάρ ἐστε ὑμεῖς οἱ λαλοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. |
12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. | ![]() | 12 καὶ παραδώσει ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφὸν εἰς θάνατον καὶ πατὴρ τέκνον, καὶ ἐπαναστήσονται τέκνα ἐπὶ γονεῖς καὶ θανατώσουσιν αὐτούς· |
13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation. | ![]() | 13 καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου. ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος οὖτος σωθήσεται. |
14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains: | ![]() | 14 ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως ἑστηκότα ὅπου οὐ δεῖ, ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω, τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη, |
15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: | ![]() | 15 ὁ [δὲ] ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβάτω μηδὲ εἰσελθάτω ἆραί τι ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ, |
16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat. | ![]() | 16 καὶ ὁ εἰς τὸν ἀγρὸν μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ. |
17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days. | ![]() | 17 οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις. |
18 And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter. | ![]() | 18 προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται χειμῶνος· |
19 For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again. | ![]() | 19 ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις οἵα οὐ γέγονεν τοιαύτη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣν ἔκτισεν ὁ θεὸς ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται. |
20 And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short. | ![]() | 20 καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσεν κύριος τὰς ἡμέρας, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ. ἀλλὰ διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας. |
21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it: | ![]() | 21 καὶ τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἴδε ὧδε ὁ χριστός, ἴδε ἐκεῖ, μὴ πιστεύετε· |
22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way. | ![]() | 22 ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ δώσουσιν σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα πρὸς τὸ ἀποπλανᾶν, εἰ δυνατόν, τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς. |
23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time. | ![]() | 23 ὑμεῖς δὲ βλέπετε· προείρηκα ὑμῖν πάντα. |
24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light, | ![]() | 24 ἀλλὰ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς, |
25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved. | ![]() | 25 καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται. |
26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory. | ![]() | 26 καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλαις μετὰ δυνάμεως πολλῆς καὶ δόξης. |
27 And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven. | ![]() | 27 καὶ τότε ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ ἐπισυνάξει τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς [αὐτοῦ] ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων ἀπ᾽ ἄκρου γῆς ἕως ἄκρου οὐρανοῦ. |
28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near; | ![]() | 28 ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν· ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς ἁπαλὸς γένηται καὶ ἐκφύῃ τὰ φύλλα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν. |
29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors. | ![]() | 29 οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα γινόμενα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις. |
30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete. | ![]() | 30 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη μέχρις οὖ ταῦτα πάντα γένηται. |
31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end. | ![]() | 31 ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται. |
32 But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father. | ![]() | 32 περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῶ οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ. |
33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be. | ![]() | 33 βλέπετε ἀγρυπνεῖτε· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν. |
34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch. | ![]() | 34 ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶ θυρωρῶ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ. |
35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning; | ![]() | 35 γρηγορεῖτε οὗν, οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ἢ ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ, |
36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping. | ![]() | 36 μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας. |
37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch. | ![]() | 37 ὃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω, πᾶσιν λέγω, γρηγορεῖτε. |
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