Mark 13:33

Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

Matthew 26:40Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Luke 12:40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. 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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