Mark 13:35

Watch 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;

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In The King James Version

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

In Context

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.

36lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

Mark 13:33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

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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