Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
New Heart English Bible
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, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.'
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
Mark 13:33Watch, keep alert; for you do not know when the time is.
Acts 20:31Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
1 Thessalonians 5:6so then let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober.
1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Revelation 16:15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he does not walk naked, 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 →