Mark 13:33

Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

34It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

Matthew 26:40Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Alas, none of you could keep awake with me for even a single hour!

Mark 13:35Be wakeful therefore, for you know not when the master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at cock-crow, or at dawn.

Luke 12:40Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

Romans 13:11Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert; stand firm in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; 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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