Mark 13:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ Also the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside] should not go down into his house to take anything out [when he flees].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ and let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house nor go inside to take anything out of his house;

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Those on the roof shouldn’t come down or enter their houses to grab anything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And let whoever is on the rooftop not descend to the house, nor enter so as to take anything from the house.

Mark 13:15 Cross References

Hebrews 11:7

By [having] faith, when Noah was warned [by God] about conditions that had not yet been seen [i.e., regarding events of the coming Flood], he acted out of reverent concern [for God] by constructing a ship to save [i.e., rescue] his household [from the Flood waters]. By this [i.e., his faith which led to action], Noah condemned the world and inherited righteousness because of his faith.

Acts 27:38

And when they had eaten sufficiently, they began lightening the ship [so it would float higher] by throwing their wheat overboard.

Mark 13:16

The person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work] should not return [to his house] to get his coat [even].