Mark 13:33

Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

34“It is like a man travelling to another country, having left his house and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

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

Mark 13:35Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

Luke 12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

Romans 13:11Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! 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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