Mark 13:34

It is like a man going away on a journey, having left his house and having given authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

In Context

33Take heed, stay awake and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

35Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—at evening, or at midnight, or at dawn, or early in the morning—

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Cross References

Matthew 16:19And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on the earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth will have been loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 25:14“For it is as if a man leaving on a journey, who called his own servants and handed over his possessions to them.

Luke 19:12Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

Acts 20:29For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.

Romans 13:6For on account of this you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to 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 →

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