Mark 13:15

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:

Cross-references

In Genesis 19:15-17, angels urge Lot to flee Sodom without delay — a typological pattern for the urgent flight commanded here.

Genesis 19:26 shows Lot's wife looking back and turning to salt — a warning echoed in Mark's command not to go back.

Matthew 24:16-18 records this same instruction about fleeing to the mountains — a parallel account of the same discourse.

Luke 17:31-33 expands the warning with Lot's wife example, emphasizing that clinging to possessions leads to destruction.

Matthew 24:17 is a direct parallel, almost identical wording, reinforcing the same command not to retrieve possessions.

Luke 21:21 Parallel

Luke 21:21 gives the broader command to flee to the mountains, setting the context for the specific warning about not going inside.

Genesis 19:22 emphasizes the urgency to flee before destruction, paralleling the command not to go back for belongings.