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# Mark 13

Mark 13 is chapter 13 of 16 in the Gospel of Mark. Here are all 37 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ foretells the destruction of the temple and the signs that shall forerun the day of judgment.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Mark 13 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And as he was departing from the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, observe these fine stones and fine structures.”
2. And in response, Jesus said to him: “Do you see all these great buildings? There shall not be left stone upon stone, which is not torn down.”
3. And as he sat at the Mount of Olives, opposite the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew questioned him privately.
4. “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things will begin to be fulfilled?”
5. And Jesus, answering, began to say to them: “See to it that no one leads you astray.
6. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘For I am he,’ and they will lead many astray.
7. But when you will have heard of wars and rumors of wars, you should not be afraid. For these things must be, but the end is not so soon.
8. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom over kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are but the beginning of the sorrows.
9. But see to yourselves. For they will hand you over to councils, and in the synagogues you will be beaten, and you shall stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony for them.
10. And the Gospel must first be preached to all nations.
11. And when they have seized you and handed you over, do not consider in advance what to say. But whatever will be given you in that hour, say that. For you will not be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
12. Then brother will betray brother to death, and the father, a son; and children will rise up against their parents and will bring about their death.
13. And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered unto the end, the same will be saved.
14. Then, when you have seen the abomination of desolation, standing where it ought not to be, let the reader understand: then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
15. And let whoever is on the rooftop not descend to the house, nor enter so as to take anything from the house.
16. And let whoever may be in the field not return to take his garment.
17. But woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days.
18. Truly, pray that these things may not happen in winter.
19. For those days shall have such tribulations as have not been since the beginning of the creation that God founded, even until now, and shall not be.
20. And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved. But, for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
21. And then, if anyone will have said to you: ‘Behold, here is the Christ. Behold, in that place.’ Do not believe it.
22. For false Christs and false prophets will rise up, and they will present signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if it were possible, even the elect.
23. Therefore, you must take heed. Behold, I have foretold all to you.
24. But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her splendor.
25. And the stars of heaven will be falling down, and the powers that are in heaven will be moved.
26. And then they shall see the Son of man arriving on the clouds, with great power and glory.
27. And then he will send his Angels, and gather together his elect, from the four winds, from the limits of the earth, to the limits of heaven.
28. Now from the fig tree discern a parable. When its branch becomes tender and the foliage has been formed, you know that summer is very near.
29. So also, when you will have seen these things happen, know that it is very near, even at the doors.
30. Amen I say to you, that this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things have happened.
31. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.
32. But concerning that day or hour, no one knows, neither the Angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
33. Take heed, be vigilant, and pray. For you do not know when the time may be.
34. It is like a man who, setting out on a sojourn, left behind his house, and gave his servants authority over every work, and instructed the doorkeeper to stand watch.
35. Therefore, be vigilant, for you do not know when the lord of the house may arrive: in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at first light, or in the morning.
36. Otherwise, when he will have arrived unexpectedly, he may find you sleeping.
37. But what I say to you, I say to all: Be vigilant.”

## Mark 13 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et cum egrederetur de templo, ait illi unus ex discipulis suis: Magister, aspice quales lapides, et quales structuræ.
2. Et respondens Jesus, ait illi: Vides has omnes magnas ædificationes? Non relinquetur lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur.
3. Et cum sederet in monte Olivarum contra templum, interrogabant eum separatim Petrus, et Jacobus, et Joannes, et Andreas:
4. Dic nobis, quando ista fient? et quod signum erit, quando hæc omnia incipient consummari?
5. Et respondens Jesus cœpit dicere illis: Videte ne quis vos seducat:
6. multi enim venient in nomine meo, dicentes quia ego sum: et multos seducent.
7. Cum audieritis autem bella, et opiniones bellorum, ne timueritis: oportet enim hæc fieri: sed nondum finis.
8. Exsurget enim gens contra gentem, et regnum super regnum, et erunt terræmotus per loca, et fames. Initium dolorum hæc.
9. Videte autem vosmetipsos. Tradent enim vos in consiliis, et in synagogis vapulabitis, et ante præsides et reges stabitis propter me, in testimonium illis.
10. Et in omnes gentes primum oportet prædicari Evangelium.
11. Et cum duxerint vos tradentes, nolite præcogitare quid loquamini: sed quod datum vobis fuerit in illa hora, id loquimini: non enim vos estis loquentes, sed Spiritus Sanctus.
12. Tradet autem frater fratrem in mortem, et pater filium: et consurgent filii in parentes, et morte afficient eos.
13. Et eritis odio omnibus propter nomen meum. Qui autem sustinuerit in finem, hic salvus erit.
14. Cum autem videritis abominationem desolationis stantem, ubi non debet, qui legit, intelligat: tunc qui in Judæa sunt, fugiant in montes:
15. et qui super tectum, ne descendat in domum, nec introëat ut tollat quid de domo sua:
16. et qui in agro erit, non revertatur retro tollere vestimentum suum.
17. Væ autem prægnantibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus.
18. Orate vero ut hieme non fiant.
19. Erunt enim dies illi tribulationes tales quales non fuerunt ab initio creaturæ, quam condidit Deus usque nunc, neque fient.
20. Et nisi breviasset Dominus dies, non fuisset salva omnis caro: sed propter electos, quos elegit, breviavit dies.
21. Et tunc si quis vobis dixerit: Ecce hic est Christus, ecce illic, ne credideritis.
22. Exsurgent enim pseudochristi et pseudoprophetæ, et dabunt signa et portenta ad seducendos, si fieri potest, etiam electos.
23. Vos ergo videte: ecce prædixi vobis omnia.
24. Sed in illis diebus, post tribulationem illam, sol contenebrabitur, et luna non dabit splendorem suum:
25. et stellæ cæli erunt decidentes, et virtutes, quæ in cælis sunt, movebuntur.
26. Et tunc videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus cum virtute multa et gloria.
27. Et tunc mittet angelos suos, et congregabit electos suos a quatuor ventis, a summo terræ usque ad summum cæli.
28. A ficu autem discite parabolam. Cum jam ramus ejus tener fuerit, et nata fuerint folia, cognoscitis quia in proximo sit æstas:
29. sic et vos cum videritis hæc fieri, scitote quod in proximo sit, in ostiis.
30. Amen dico vobis, quoniam non transibit generatio hæc, donec omnia ista fiant.
31. Cælum et terra transibunt, verba autem mea non transibunt.
32. De die autem illo vel hora nemo scit, neque angeli in cælo, neque Filius, nisi Pater.
33. Videte, vigilate, et orate: nescitis enim quando tempus sit.
34. Sicut homo qui peregre profectus reliquit domum suam, et dedit servis suis potestatem cujusque operis, et janitori præcepit ut vigilet,
35. vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat: sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane),
36. ne, cum venerit repente, inveniat vos dormientes.
37. Quod autem vobis dico, omnibus dico: Vigilate.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 2612: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2849: "And Lead Us not into Temptation" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 474: The Son of God Became Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 673: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 672: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 32: “Nor the Son” … Not that the Son of God is absolutely ignorant of the day of judgment, but that he knoweth it not, as our teacher; that is, he knoweth it not so as to teach it to us, as not being expedient.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 29, 2026: First Sunday of Advent — Gospel, Mark 13:33-37
- Sun, Nov 14, 2027 (computed): Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Mark 13:24-32

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).