Matthew 25:13

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

In Context

12"`In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, `I do not know you.'

14"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

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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.

Mark 13:33Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.

Acts 20:31Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.

1 Thessalonians 5:6So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.

Revelation 16:15("I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the man who keeps awake and guards his raiment for fear he walk about ill-clad, and his uncomeliness become manifest.")

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 →

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