Matthew 25:13
Then Jesus continued by saying, “So, in order that this will not happen to you, keep expecting that I will return, because you do not know when [MTY] it will be.”
Translation for Translators
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 he said to them, ‘The truth is that I do not know you, so I will not open the door for you!’”
Cross References
Matthew 24:42So, because you do not know what day I, your Lord, will return to the earth, you need to be ready for me to return at any time.
Mark 13:33So be ready, like people who are waiting for an important man to come, because you do not know when that time will come when all these events will happen!
Acts 20:31So watch out that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus. Remember that day and night for about three years I repeatedly taught you that message, and warned you with tears in my eyes not to believe any other message.”
1 Thessalonians 5:6So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must be watching carefully, as people who are awake watch for a thief [MET]. We must be self-controlled, as people who are ◄sober/not drunk► are able to control what they do [MET]. People who sleep [MET] are unaware of what is happening, and unbelievers are like that.
1 Peter 4:7It is almost the time when everything on this earth will come to an end. Therefore, keep thinking sensibly/reasonably and control what you think [DOU], so that you can pray clearly.
Revelation 16:15The evil spirits will gather the rulers at a place that is called in the Hebrew language Armageddon. I heard the Lord Jesus say, “ You must listen carefully to me: I am coming unexpectedly [SIM], like a thief. So, I will be happy with those who stay alert and keep on living righteously so that they will not be ashamed, just like [MET] a person keeps his clothes on so that he will not be ashamed like a person who is naked.”
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 →