Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Mark by R F Weymouth
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013:025 the stars will be seen falling from the firmament, and the forces
which are in the heavens will be disordered and disturbed. 013:026 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 013:027 Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky. 013:028 "Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near. 013:029 So also do you, when you see these things happening, be sure that He is near, at your very door. 013:030 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place. 013:031 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away. 013:032 "But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 013:033 Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen. 013:034 It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty-- and has ordered the porter to keep awake. 013:035 Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn. 013:036 Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep. 013:037 Moreover, what I say to you I say to all--Be wakeful!" 014:001 It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of |
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