Matthew 24:42 Cross References - NSB

⁴² »Be alert, for you do not know what day the Lord will come.

³⁶ »No one knows the day and the hour (the period of time). The angels of heaven do not know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows!

⁴⁴ »Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not expect it.

¹³ »Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

³⁸ He told them: »My heart is deeply grieved to the point of death. Stay with me and watch.« ³⁹ Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed: »My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.« ⁴⁰ When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said to Peter: »Could you not watch with me one hour? ⁴¹ »Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into temptation!«

³³ »Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch (perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time. ³⁴ »It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the work. He commands them to watch. ³⁵ »Watch therefore for you do not know when the lord of the house comes. It could be in the evening, at midnight or in the morning (when the cock crows). ³⁶ »He could come suddenly and find you sleeping. ³⁷ »What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant) (stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!«

³⁵ »Gird your loins (strengthen yourselves) and light your lamps. ³⁶ »Be like men looking for their master to return. He will knock when he returns from the marriage feast, and it will immediately be opened to him. ³⁷ »Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal. ³⁸ »Even if he comes in the second watch or the third and he finds the same his servants are blessed. ³⁹ »Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ »You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when you do not think he will.«

³⁶ »Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of man.«

¹¹ You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became believers.

¹³ Be alert (be watchful) and stand fast (be vigilant) (persevere) in the faith, carry on as men (be courageous), be strong. (Ps 31:24)

⁶ Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch and be sober.

⁷ The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.

⁸ Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).

² »'Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain that are at the point of death: for I have not found your works perfect (completed) before God. ³ »'Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

¹⁵ »Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.«