Mark 13:36
You don't want to be caught sleeping if he returns unexpectedly.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
In Context
37What I'm telling you, I'm telling everyone: Watch!”
Cross References
Proverbs 6:9So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?
Song of Solomon 3:1One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.
Isaiah 56:10For all the watchmen are blind. None of them know what's going on. They're all silent—they can't bark. They spend their time lying down, dreaming, loving to sleep.
Matthew 25:5The bridegroom took a long time and all the girls became drowsy and fell asleep.
Mark 14:40Then he returned, and again he found them sleeping because they couldn't keep their eyes open. They didn't know what to say!
Luke 22:45He finished praying, stood up, and went over to the disciples. He found them asleep, worn out by grief.
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 →