Matthew 25:13

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

Matthew 25:13 in Other Translations

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

13 Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

13 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.

13 "So stay alert. You have no idea when he might arrive.

13 "Therefore be alert, because you don't know either the day or the hour.

Matthew 25:13 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 25:13

Watch therefore
In ordinances, in prayer, public and private, in hearing the word, at the Lord's supper, and in every religious exercise; over the heart, the thoughts and affections of it; over words, actions, life, and conversation; and against all sin and unbelief, Satan's temptations, the world, and its charms and snares, false teachers, and their doctrines, and for the bridegroom's coming. This is the use and application of the whole parable, and shows the general design of it; the reason to enforce watchfulness follows:

for ye know neither the day nor the hour;
of death, or of judgment, or of the coming of the son of man, of one or the other; for it is added,

wherein the son of man cometh:
that he will come is certain, and that quickly; the time is fixed, but when it will be is unknown; and therefore it becomes us to be our watch and guard. This last clause is not in the Vulgate Latin, nor in the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and was wanting in three of Beza's copies, but is in most Greek copies, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and seems to be necessary.

Matthew 25:13 In-Context

11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

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

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 24:42,44; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:40