Matthew 25:13
Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Text-Critical English NT
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 answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.
Mark 13:33Be on guard; stay alert and pray! For you do not know when the time is coming.
Acts 20:31Therefore be watchful, remembering that, night and day, for three years I did not stop admonishing each one of you, with tears.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us be watchful and sober.
1 Peter 4:7The end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be alert and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
Revelation 16:15(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his garments on, so that he will not walk around naked and have people see his shame.”)
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 →