Mark 13:34
[it is] as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
33Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Matthew 16:19And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
Matthew 25:14For [it is] as [if] a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
Acts 20:29[For] *I* know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;
Romans 13:6For on this account ye pay tribute also; for they are God's officers, attending continually on this very thing.
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 →