Mark 13:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.
  • Mark 13:33 : 33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
  • Mark 14:30 : 30 And Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you that you, today, even this night, before the cock's second cry, will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.
  • Mark 6:48 : 48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

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  • 90%

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

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

  • 87%

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

    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.

  • 86%

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

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

    14 For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.

  • 85%

    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.

    45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

    46 A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

  • 84%

    35 Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning.

    36 And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

    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.

    41 And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

  • 50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

  • 78%

    45 But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

  • Matt 25:5-6
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    5 Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.

    6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

  • 25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.

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    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.

  • 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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    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.

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

  • 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

  • 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.)

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

  • 31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house.

  • 6 So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

  • 43 Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

  • 4 But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

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

  • 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?

  • 10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

  • 3 Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.

  • 19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • 39 And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

  • 25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

  • 34 And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.

  • 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.