Matthew 25:13

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Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

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  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong.
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 So then, let us not sleep like the rest, but let us be alert and sober.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But as for you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 Look, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps their clothes with them, so they will not walk around naked and be shamefully exposed.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Be vigilant and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.
  • Matt 24:50 : 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

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  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    88%

    32But about that day or hour no one knows—not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    33Be on guard! Stay alert and pray, because you do not know when the time will come.

    34It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35Therefore, stay alert, because you do not know when the master of the house will come—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

    36Otherwise, when he comes suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

    37What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!

  • Matt 24:42-46
    5 verses
    85%

    42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

    45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?

    46Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

  • Luke 12:36-40
    5 verses
    85%

    36Be like people waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can immediately open the door for him.

    37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, have them recline at the table, and will come to wait on them.

    38Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them prepared, those servants will be blessed.

    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 25:10-12
    3 verses
    83%

    10While they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom came. Those who were ready went with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

    11Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’

    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

  • Matt 24:50
    81%

    50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

  • Luke 13:24-27
    4 verses
    78%

    24'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

    25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.'

    26'Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

    27'But he will reply, 'I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'

  • Luke 12:45-46
    2 verses
    78%

    45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

    46the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

  • Matt 24:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:39
    76%

    39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 25:14
    75%

    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    75%

    2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

  • Mark 13:29
    73%

    29In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that it is near—right at the door.

  • Matt 25:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

    6At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

  • Matt 24:48
    73%

    48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

  • Matt 25:26
    73%

    26His master answered, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered.

  • Matt 25:19
    73%

    19After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

  • Luke 21:36
    73%

    36Be vigilant and pray at all times, so that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.

  • Matt 25:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    31When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.

  • Mark 13:26
    72%

    26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • Matt 24:33
    72%

    33In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26So if anyone tells you, 'He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

    27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 17:30
    71%

    30It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Matt 13:25
    71%

    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

  • Matt 16:27
    71%

    27For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each person according to what they have done.

  • Matt 25:24
    71%

    24Then the servant who had received one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

  • Luke 17:22
    71%

    22Then he said to the disciples, 'The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.'

  • Rev 16:15
    71%

    15Look, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps their clothes with them, so they will not walk around naked and be shamefully exposed.