Mark 13:20

Mark chapter 13 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Context

v.19For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

v.20This passage

v.21And then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ; or, Lo, there; believe it not:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Romans 11:23
And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Isaiah 6:13
And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.
Zechariah 13:8
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith Jehovah, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Romans 11:5
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Isaiah 1:9
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Romans 11:28
As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.