Mark 13:33 “Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointe…”

Mark 13:33

Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Geneva Bible 1599

Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

Darby Translation

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:

Young's Literal Translation

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.”

Luke 12:40 Ephesians 6:18 Revelation 16:15 Matthew 25:13 Luke 21:34–36 1 Peter 4:7

Luke 12:40 · BSB

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

Ephesians 6:18 · BSB

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Revelation 16:15 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

Matthew 25:13 · BSB

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

Luke 21:34–36 · BSB

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

1 Peter 4:7 · BSB

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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