Mark 13:36

36 whether it will be evening, midnight, cockcrow or morning -- you don't want him to come suddenly and find you sleeping!

Mark 13:36 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 13:36

Lest coming suddenly
Unthought of, and unexpected, at an unawares:

he find you sleeping;
inactive in the exercise of grace, and negligent in the performance of duty; unprepared for his coming, and unfit for service.

Mark 13:36 In-Context

34 "It's like a man who travels away from home, puts his servants in charge, each with his own task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

35 So stay alert! for you don't know when the owner of the house will come,

36 whether it will be evening, midnight, cockcrow or morning -- you don't want him to come suddenly and find you sleeping!

37 And what I say to you, I say to everyone: stay alert!"