Mark 13:31-33

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

31 g Heaven and earth will pass away, but h my words will not pass away.

No One Knows That Day or Hour

32 "But concerning that day or that hour, i no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, j nor the Son, k but only the Father. 33 l Be on guard, m keep awake. 1 For you do not know when the time will come.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 102:26
    They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away.
    Isaiah 51:6
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
    2 Peter 3:10
    But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
    Matthew 5:18
    For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
    Hebrews 12:27
    This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken - that is, things that have been made - in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 119:89
    Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
    Isaiah 40:8
    The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
    1 Peter 1:23
    Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.
    1 Peter 1:25
    But the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 25:13
    Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
    1 Thessalonians 5:1 - 2
    Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
  4. Cross References
    Philippians 2:6 - 7
    Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.
  5. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:7
    And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.
    Acts 1:7
    He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
  6. Cross References
    Mark 13:5
    And Jesus began to say to them, "See that no one leads you astray.
  7. Cross References
    Ephesians 6:18
    Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
    Hebrews 13:17
    Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
    Mark 14:38
    Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
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