Mark 13:34
It 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.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Cross References
Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.
Matthew 16:19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 25:14For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
Romans 13:6This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
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 →