Mark 13:15

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house,

King James Version (1611)
And let him that is on the house top, not goe downe into the house, neither enter therin, to take any thing out of his house.

King James Version
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:

English Standard Version
Let the one who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out,

New American Standard Bible
"Whoever is on the housetop must not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house.

New Century Version
If people are on the roofs of their houses, they must not go down or go inside to get anything out of their houses.

Amplified Bible
"Whoever is on the housetop must not go down [to enter the house], or go inside to take anything out of his house;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

Legacy Standard Bible
And the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

Berean Standard Bible
Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

Contemporary English Version
If you are on the roof of your house, don't go inside to get anything.

Complete Jewish Bible
If someone is on the roof, he must not go down and enter his house to take any of his belongings;

Darby Translation
and him that is upon the housetop not come down into the house, nor enter [into it] to take away anything out of his house;

Easy-to-Read Version
They should run away without wasting time to stop for anything. If someone is on the roof of their house, they must not go down to take things out of the house.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And let him that is vpon the house, not come downe into the house, neither enter therein, to fetch any thing out of his house.

George Lamsa Translation
And he who is on the roof, let him not come down, and not enter to take anything out of his house;

Good News Translation
Someone who is on the roof of a house must not lose time by going down into the house to get anything to take along.

Lexham English Bible
The one who is on his housetop must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house,

Literal Translation
And he on the housetop, let him not go down into the house, nor go in to take a thing out of his house.

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

Bible in Basic English
And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

Hebrew Names Version
and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

International Standard Version
The person who is on his housetop must not come down and go into his house to take anything out of it,

Etheridge Translation
And he who is upon the roof, let him not descend nor enter in to carry any thing from his house;

Murdock Translation
and let him that is on the roof, not come down and enter [fn] , to take any thing from his house:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let hym that is on ye house toppe, not go downe into the house, neither enter therin, to fetch any thyng out of his house.

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

World English Bible
and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And let not him that is on the house-top go down into the house, neither enter in, to take any thing out of his house.

Weymouth's New Testament
let him who is on the roof not come down and enter the house to fetch anything out of it;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he that is aboue the roof, come not doun in to the hous, nethir entre he, to take ony thing of his hous;

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And let him that is on the house-top not go down into the house, neither enter [it], to take any thing out of his house:

New English Translation
The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

New King James Version
Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

New Living Translation
A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

New Life Bible
He that is on the top of the house should not take the time to get anything out of his house.

New Revised Standard
the one on the housetop must not go down or enter the house to take anything away;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that is on the house-top, let him not come down, neither let him enter, to take away anything out of his louse;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house nor enter therein to take any thing out of the house.

Revised Standard Version
let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything away;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And let him that is on the housse toppe not descende doune into the housse nether entre therin to fetche eny thinge oute of his housse.

Young's Literal Translation
and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and let him that is on the house toppe not descede in to the house, ner come therin, to fetch eny thinge out of the house.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he that is upon the battlements let him not descend into the house, nor enter therein to take any thing away: let

Simplified Cowboy Version
When you see that, you don't even stop to put something in your saddlebags, you just jump on and go.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴"But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up where it should never be. You who can read, make sure you understand what I'm talking about. If you're living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you're working in the yard, don't go back to the house to get anything; if you're out in the field, don't go back to get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won't happen in the middle of winter. ¹⁹"These are going to be hard days—nothing like it from the time God made the world right up to the present. And there'll be nothing like it again. If he let the days of trouble run their course, nobody would make it. But because of God's chosen people, those he personally chose, he has already intervened. ²¹"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here's the Messiah!' or points, ‘There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. So watch out. I've given you fair warning.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 19:15-17, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 19:26, Job 2:4, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:5, Proverbs 22:3, Matthew 24:16-18, Luke 17:31-33, Acts 27:18, Acts 27:19, Acts 27:38, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8, Hebrews 11:7

Reciprocal: Matthew 24:17 - which Luke 21:21 - flee

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold.

Genesis 13:3
He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God .

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left."

Genesis 13:12
So Abram left Egypt and went back to the Negev, he and his wife and everything he owned, and Lot still with him. By now Abram was very rich, loaded with cattle and silver and gold. He moved on from the Negev, camping along the way, to Bethel, the place he had first set up his tent between Bethel and Ai and built his first altar. Abram prayed there to God . Lot, who was traveling with Abram, was also rich in sheep and cattle and tents. But the land couldn't support both of them; they had too many possessions. They couldn't both live there—quarrels broke out between Abram's shepherds and Lot's shepherds. The Canaanites and Perizzites were also living on the land at the time. Abram said to Lot, "Let's not have fighting between us, between your shepherds and my shepherds. After all, we're family. Look around. Isn't there plenty of land out there? Let's separate. If you go left, I'll go right; if you go right, I'll go left." Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom.

Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."

Exodus 33:1
God said to Moses: "Now go. Get on your way from here, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Head for the land which I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I will send an angel ahead of you and I'll drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. It's a land flowing with milk and honey. But I won't be with you in person—you're such a stubborn, hard-headed people!—lest I destroy you on the journey."

Deuteronomy 34:4
Then and there God said to him, "This is the land I promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the words ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I've let you see it with your own eyes. There it is. But you're not going to go in."

Psalms 37:29
class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun. Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best. Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon. Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top. Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God -investors will soon own the store. Before you know it, the wicked will have had it; you'll stare at his once famous place and—nothing! Down-to-earth people will move in and take over, relishing a huge bonanza. Bad guys have it in for the good guys, obsessed with doing them in. But God isn't losing any sleep; to him they're a joke with no punch line. Bullies brandish their swords, pull back on their bows with a flourish. They're out to beat up on the harmless, or mug that nice man out walking his dog. A banana peel lands them flat on their faces— slapstick figures in a moral circus. Less is more and more is less. One righteous will outclass fifty wicked, For the wicked are moral weaklings but the righteous are God -strong. God keeps track of the decent folk; what they do won't soon be forgotten. In hard times, they'll hold their heads high; when the shelves are bare, they'll be full. God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air. Wicked borrows and never returns; Righteous gives and gives. Generous gets it all in the end; Stingy is cut off at the pass. Stalwart walks in step with God ; his path blazed by God , he's happy. If he stumbles, he's not down for long; God has a grip on his hand. I once was young, now I'm a graybeard— not once have I seen an abandoned believer, or his kids out roaming the streets. Every day he's out giving and lending, his children making him proud. Turn your back on evil, work for the good and don't quit. God loves this kind of thing, never turns away from his friends. Live this way and you've got it made, but bad eggs will be tossed out. The good get planted on good land and put down healthy roots.

Isaiah 63:18
Who Goes There? The watchmen call out, "Who goes there, marching out of Edom, out of Bozrah in clothes dyed red? Name yourself, so splendidly dressed, advancing, bristling with power!" "It is I: I speak what is right, I, mighty to save!" "And why are your robes so red, your clothes dyed red like those who tread grapes?" "I've been treading the winepress alone. No one was there to help me. Angrily, I stomped the grapes; raging, I trampled the people. Their blood spurted all over me— all my clothes were soaked with blood. I was set on vengeance. The time for redemption had arrived. I looked around for someone to help —no one. I couldn't believe it —not one volunteer. So I went ahead and did it myself, fed and fueled by my rage. I trampled the people in my anger, crushed them under foot in my wrath, soaked the earth with their lifeblood." I'll make a list of God 's gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising, All the generous bounties of God , his great goodness to the family of Israel— Compassion lavished, love extravagant. He said, "Without question these are my people, children who would never betray me." So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn't send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time. But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them. Then they remembered the old days, the days of Moses, God's servant: "Where is he who brought the shepherds of his flock up and out of the sea? And what happened to the One who set his Holy Spirit within them? Who linked his arm with Moses' right arm, divided the waters before them, Making him famous ever after, and led them through the muddy abyss as surefooted as horses on hard, level ground? Like a herd of cattle led to pasture, the Spirit of God gave them rest." That's how you led your people! That's how you became so famous! Look down from heaven, look at us! Look out the window of your holy and magnificent house! Whatever happened to your passion, your famous mighty acts, Your heartfelt pity, your compassion? Why are you holding back? You are our Father. Abraham and Israel are long dead. They wouldn't know us from Adam. But you're our living Father, our Redeemer, famous from eternity! Why, God , did you make us wander from your ways? Why did you make us cold and stubborn so that we no longer worshiped you in awe? Turn back for the sake of your servants. You own us! We belong to you! For a while your holy people had it good, but now our enemies have wrecked your holy place. For a long time now, you've paid no attention to us. It's like you never knew us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let him that is on the house top,.... On the battlements of the house, either for diversion or devotion:

not go down into the house; in the inner way by the stairs, or ladder within doors:

neither enter therein; being come down from the top of the house, by stairs, or a ladder without, which was usual:

to take any thing out of his house; to take care of his goods, or take any thing along with him, that might be useful in his flight, and journey, and stay abroad; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the house-top - See the notes at Matthew 9:1-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 13:15. House-top — Matthew 24:17; Matthew 24:17.