Mark 13:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
  • Rom 13:11-12 : 11 See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith. 12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
  • Eph 6:18 : 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,
  • 1 Thess 5:5-8 : 5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark. 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake. 7 For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night; 8 But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come. 43 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. 44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
  • 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;
  • Rev 3:2 : 2 Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 (See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)
  • Luke 12:40 : 40 So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
  • Luke 21:34-36 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net: 35 For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth. 36 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.
  • Mark 13:23 : 23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.
  • Mark 13:35-37 : 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. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
  • Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour? 38 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • Matt 26:40-41 : 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.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
  • 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;
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

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    12But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.

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

  • Mark 13:34-37
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    34It 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.

    35So 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;

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

    37And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

    43But 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.

    44Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

  • Luke 12:38-40
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    38And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

    39But 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.

    40So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

  • Mark 13:29-32
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    29Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    31Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

    32But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

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    34But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

    36But 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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    37And he came, and saw them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, are you sleeping? were you not able to keep watch one hour?

    38Keep 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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    33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

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    36But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

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    23But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

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    11See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.

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    41Keep 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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  • 1 Pet 4:7
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  • Mark 13:21
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  • Luke 21:8
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    4But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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    18And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

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  • Rev 3:3
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    15And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

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    45Then he comes to the disciples; and says to them, Go on sleeping now, and take your rest: for the hour is come, and the Son of man is given into the hands of evil men.