Mark 13:20

New English Translation

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Mark 13:19

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

Mark 13:21

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.