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13 All people will hate you because you are my disciples. But God will save the person who remains strong until the end.

14 There will be a time when you will see in the temple a disgusting thing that causes trouble. You will see it in a place where it should not be. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.) At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide.[a] 15 A person who is on the roof of his house must not go down into the house.[b] He must not stop to get anything from his home.

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  1. 13:14 Jesus was talking about a disgusting idol in the temple. See Daniel 9:27.
  2. 13:15 At that time, people often sat on the roof of their house after they had finished their work. The roof was flat, and it was cool there. There were steps outside the house up to the roof.

13 Everyone will hate you because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’[a](C) standing where it[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.

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  1. Mark 13:14 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
  2. Mark 13:14 Or he