Mark 13:33

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man; nor the angels of heaven; neither the Son, but the Father.

34For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

Matthew 26:40And he came to his disciples, and found them asleep: and he said to Cephas: So! could ye not watch with me one hour?

Mark 13:35Watch ye, therefore; for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh; at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:

Luke 12:40Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

Romans 13:11And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.

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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