Mark 13:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:9

If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remain in it, it will be burned again, like a terebinth or an oak, whose stump remains standing when it is felled.” The holy seed is its stump.

Matthew 24:22

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would be saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Mark 13:19

For in those days there will be such tribulation as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

Mark 13:21

And then if any one says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.