Mark 13:32-37

No One Knows That Day or Hour

32 "But concerning that day or that hour, ¹no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, ²nor the Son, ³but only the Father.

33 ⁴Be on guard, ⁵keep awake.^[a] For you do not know when the time will come.

34 ⁶It is like a man ⁷going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants^[b] in charge, ⁸each with his work, and commands ⁹the doorkeeper to stay awake.

35 ¹⁰Therefore stay awake--for you do not know when the master of the house will come, ¹¹in the evening, or ¹²at midnight, or ¹³when the rooster crows,^[c] or ¹⁴in the morning--

36 lest ¹⁵he come suddenly and ¹⁶find you asleep.

37 And what I say to you I say to all: ¹⁷Stay awake."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 25:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 2
• 2. [Philippians 2:6, 7]
• 3. [Zechariah 14:7; Acts 1:7]
• 4. ver. 5
• 5. Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 13:17; [Mark 14:38]
• 6. [Matthew 25:14]
• 7. [Mark 12:1; Matthew 21:33]
• 8. [Romans 12:6-8]
• 9. Ezekiel 44:11; John 10:3; [Luke 12:36]
• 10. Mark 14:34-38; Matthew 25:13; Matthew 26:41; Luke 12:37; Luke 21:36; Acts 20:31; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Peter 5:8
• 11. Mark 1:32; Luke 12:38
• 12. Mark 1:32; Luke 12:38
• 13. Mark 14:30, 68, 72
• 14. [Mark 6:48; Exodus 14:24]
• 15. [1 Thessalonians 5:1-6]
• 16. Mark 14:40
• 17. [See ver. 35 above]

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts add and pray
• [b]. Greek bondservants
• [c]. That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.