Matthew 25:13
Therefore watch, since you know neither the day nor the hour.
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
In Context
12But the groom answered “I tell you, I do not know you.”
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Mark 13:33‘See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
Acts 20:31Therefore, be on your guard, remembering how for three years, night and day, I never ceased, even with tears, to warn each one of you.
1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled.
1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, so that you may be able to pray.
Revelation 16:15(“I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.”)
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →