International Children’s Bible

Mark 13:29-35 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

29. So also when you see all these things happening, then you will know that the time is near, ready to come.

30. I tell you the truth. All these things will happen while the people of this time are still living.

31. The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

32. “No one knows when that day or time will be. The Son and the angels in heaven don’t know. Only the Father knows.

33. Be careful! Always be ready! You don’t know when that time will be.

34. It is like a man who goes on a trip. He leaves his house and lets his servants take care of it. He gives each servant a special job to do. One servant has the work of guarding the door. The man tells this servant always to be watchful. This is what I am now telling you.

35. You must always be ready. You don’t know when the owner of the house will come back. He might come in the evening, or at midnight, or in the early morning, or when the sun rises.