Matthew 24:42 Cross References - Living_Oracles

⁴² Watch, therefore, since you know not at what hour your master will come.

³⁶ But of that day, and that hour, know none, but the Father; no, not the angels.

⁴⁴ Be you, therefore, always prepared; because the Son of Man will come at an hour, when you are not expecting him.

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

³⁸ said to them, My soul is overwhelmed with a deadly anguish; abide here, and watch with me. ³⁹ And going a little before, he threw himself on his face, and praying, said, My Father, remove this cup from me, if it be possible; nevertheless, not as I would, but as thou wilt. ⁴⁰ And he returned to his disciples, and finding them asleep, said to Peter, Is it so, then, that you could not keep awake with me a single hour? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, that you be not overcome by temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

³⁵ Let your loins be girt, and your lamps burning; ³⁶ and yourselves, like those who wait their master's return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately let him in. ³⁷ Happy those servants whom their master, at his return, shall find watching. Indeed, I say to you, that he will gird himself, and having placed them at table, will attend and serve them. ³⁸ And whether he comes in the second watch, or in the third, if he finds things thus, happy are those servants. ³⁹ You are certain that if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not allow him to break into his house. ⁴⁰ Be you, then, always prepared; because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

¹³ Watch; stand fast in the faith; acquit yourselves like men; be strong.

⁷ Now the end of all things has approached; be, therefore, sober, and watch to prayer.

⁸ Be sober, be vigilant: your adversary, the devil, is walking about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour:

³³ Be circumspect, be vigilant, and pray; for you know not when that time will be. ³⁴ When a man intends to travel, he leaves his household in charge to his servants, assigns to every one his task, and orders the porter to watch. ³⁵ Watch you, therefore; for you know not when the master of the house will return, (whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning;) ³⁶ lest coming suddenly, he find you asleep. ³⁷ Now what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

³⁶ Be vigilant, therefore, praying on every occasion, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these approaching evils, and to stand before the Son of Man.

¹¹ Further, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to awake out of sleep. (For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed:

⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep, even as others; but let us watch and be sober.

² Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, which are ready to die: for I have not found your works filled up in the sight of God. ³ Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and reform: therefore, unless you are watchful, I will come upon you as thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.

¹⁵ Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, so that they should see his shame.