Matthew 25:13
Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
In Context
12But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
Mark 13:33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
Acts 20:31So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
Revelation 16:15(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →