Luke 21:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;
  • 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
  • Matt 26:41 : 41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • Mark 13:33 : 33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
  • Mark 13:37 : 37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
  • Job 27:10 : 10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
  • Eph 6:13-14 : 13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place. 14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
  • Acts 10:2 : 2 A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
  • 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Keep on with your prayers.
  • Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.
  • Eph 6:18-19 : 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints, 19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;
  • Ps 1:5 : 5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
  • Luke 12:37-40 : 37 Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food. 38 And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants. 39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. 40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
  • Luke 20:35 : 35 But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;
  • 2 Thess 1:5-6 : 5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain; 6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

    34 It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.

    35 So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

    36 For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.

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    39 But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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    42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

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    26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

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    40 And he comes to the disciples, and sees that they are sleeping, and says to Peter, What, were you not able to keep watch with me one hour?

    41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

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    40 And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

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    13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

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    20 But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

    21 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

    22 For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

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    18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

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    26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.