Mark 13:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Jer 6:24 : 24 The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
  • 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; town against town, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And one of them, named Agabus, said publicly through the Spirit that there would be serious need of food all over the earth: which came about in the time of Claudius.
  • Rev 6:4 : 4 And another horse came out, a red horse; and it was given to him who was seated on it to take peace from the earth, so that people might put one another to death: and there was given to him a great sword.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
  • Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.
  • Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when he puts over you those whom you yourself have made your friends? will not pains take you like a woman in childbirth?
  • Jer 22:23 : 23 O you who are living in Lebanon, making your living-place in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied will you be when pains come on you, as on a woman in childbirth!
  • Jer 25:32 : 32 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.
  • Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has had news of them, and his hands have become feeble: trouble has come on him and pain like the pain of a woman in childbirth.
  • Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth: 10 Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.
  • Hag 2:22 : 22 Overturning the power of kingdoms; and I will send destruction on the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; by me war-carriages will be overturned with those who are in them; and the horses and the horsemen will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
  • Zech 14:13 : 13 And it will be on that day that a great fear will be sent among them from the Lord; and everyone will take his neighbour's hand, and every man's hand will be lifted against his neighbour's.
  • Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the first of the troubles.

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  • Matt 24:6-10
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    6 And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

    7 For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

    8 But all these things are the first of the troubles.

    9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

    10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9 And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

    10 Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

    11 There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

    12 But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

  • Mark 13:7
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    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.

  • Mark 13:9-10
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    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.

    10 And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.

  • Luke 21:25-26
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    25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

    26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

  • Mark 13:19
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    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.

  • Mark 13:12-14
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    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.

    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

    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:

  • Isa 13:8
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    8 Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

    25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

  • Luke 21:22-23
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    22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

    23 It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21 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.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21 Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

  • Matt 24:14-15
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    14 And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

    15 When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

  • Mark 13:17
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    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.

  • Luke 12:53
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    53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Luke 21:7
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    7 And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

  • Matt 10:18
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    18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
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    6 And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.

  • Luke 21:31
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    31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

  • Luke 21:16
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    16 But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

  • Matt 24:29
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    29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

  • Luke 21:20
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    20 But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

  • Mark 13:4
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    4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

  • Jer 25:32
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    32 This is what the Lord of armies has said: See, evil is going out from nation to nation, and a great storm will come up from the inmost parts of the earth.

  • Matt 10:23
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    23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

  • Matt 8:12
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    12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

  • Zech 14:13
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    13 And it will be on that day that a great fear will be sent among them from the Lord; and everyone will take his neighbour's hand, and every man's hand will be lifted against his neighbour's.

  • Matt 24:34
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    34 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28 There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.