Matthew 25:13
Be wakeful therefore, for you know not that day nor the hour.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 and said to them, Assuredly I tell you, I know you not.
14FOR as a man who journeyed called his servants, and delivered to them his property:
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord.
Mark 13:33Look: be watchful and pray; for you know not when the time is.
Acts 20:31On account of this be watchful, and remember, that for three years I ceased not by night and by day with tears to instruct every one of you.
1 Thessalonians 5:6Sleep we not, therefore, as the rest; but be wakeful and sober.
1 Peter 4:7BUT the end of all cometh; therefore be sober, and watch unto prayer.
Revelation 16:15And BEHOLD, I COME, as the thief. Blessed is he who watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest naked he walk, and they 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 →