Mark 13:33

Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

In Context

32But about that day or that hour no man knows, not even the agents in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

34like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.

Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, So ye could not watch with me one hour.

Mark 13:35Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning,

Luke 12:40Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.

Romans 13:11And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Matthew Henry on Mark 13:29-37

Watchfulness Inculcated. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven,… Read the whole commentary →

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