Matthew 25:13

Therefore wake ye, for ye know not the day nor the hour. (And so be on watch, or stay awake, for you do not know the day or the hour.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And he answered, and said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. (And he answered, and said, I tell you the truth, I do not know you.)

14For as a man that goeth [far] in pilgrimage, called his servants, and betook to them his goods, (or and gave his substance, or his assets, to them);

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore wake ye, (or And so be on watch, or stay awake), for ye know not in what hour the Lord shall come.

Mark 13:33See ye, wake ye, and pray ye, (or Look, be on watch, or stay awake, and pray); for ye know not, when the time is.

Acts 20:31For which thing wake ye, holding in mind, (or For which thing be on watch, keeping in mind), that by three years night and day I ceased not, (along) with (my) tears, admonishing each of you.

1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore sleep we not as others; but wake we, and be we sober. (And so let us not sleep like others; but watch, and be resolute.)

1 Peter 4:7For the end of all things shall nigh. Therefore be ye prudent, and wake ye in prayers; (For the end of everything shall approach or it is near. And so be prudent, and be on watch, keep praying;)

Revelation 16:15Lo! I come, as a night thief. Blessed is he that waketh, and keepeth his clothes, that he wander not naked, and that they see not the filthhood of him. (Behold! I come, like a thief in the night. Blessed (is) he who watcheth, and keepeth his clothes on, so that he walk not, or go not naked, so that they do not see his nakedness.)

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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