Matthew 25:13

World English Bible (2000)

Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

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  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
  • Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is. 34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
  • 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
  • Matt 24:50 : 50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    88%

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

    33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • Matt 24:42-46
    5 verses
    85%

    42Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

    44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

    45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

  • Luke 12:36-40
    5 verses
    85%

    36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

    38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

    40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • Matt 25:10-12
    3 verses
    83%

    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

    11Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'

    12But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

  • Matt 24:50
    81%

    50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

  • Luke 13:24-27
    4 verses
    78%

    24"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

    25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

    26Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

    27He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'

  • Luke 12:45-46
    2 verses
    78%

    45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

    46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

  • Matt 24:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:39
    76%

    39and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 25:14
    75%

    14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    75%

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

  • Mark 13:29
    73%

    29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • Matt 25:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

    6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

  • Matt 24:48
    73%

    48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

  • Matt 25:26
    73%

    26"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

  • Matt 25:19
    73%

    19"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

  • Luke 21:36
    73%

    36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

  • Matt 25:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

    31"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

  • Mark 13:26
    72%

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

  • Matt 24:33
    72%

    33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

    27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 17:30
    71%

    30It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Matt 13:25
    71%

    25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

  • Matt 16:27
    71%

    27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

  • Matt 25:24
    71%

    24"He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

  • Luke 17:22
    71%

    22He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

  • Rev 16:15
    71%

    15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."