Mark 13:36 “Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.”

Mark 13:36

Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

World English Bible

lest, coming suddenly, he might find you sleeping.

American Standard Version

lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

Geneva Bible 1599

Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

Darby Translation

lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

Young's Literal Translation

lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“he find”

Romans 13:11–14 Mark 14:40 Matthew 24:48–51 Luke 21:34 Matthew 25:5 Mark 14:37

Romans 13:11–14 · BSB

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Mark 14:40 · BSB

And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.

Matthew 24:48–51 · BSB

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

Luke 21:34 · 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.

Matthew 25:5 · BSB

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

Mark 14:37 · BSB

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

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

In context

35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

37And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”

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