Mark 13:33

Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is. + 13:33 Some ancient authorities read: Be alert! Watch and pray .

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

In Context

32But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.

34It is like a man who goes on a journey—he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge of the house, each one with his work, and he commands the watchman to stay awake.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore be on your guard, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 26:40He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “What, could you not watch with me for one hour?

Mark 13:35Therefore stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come home; it could be in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Luke 12:40Be ready also, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man comes.”

Romans 13:11Because of this, you know the time, that it is already time for you to awake out of sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, act like men, be strong.

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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