Matthew 25:12-14

New International Version

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

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

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

Matthew 25:12-14

New English Translation

¹²But he replied,^[a] ‘I tell you the truth,^[b] I do not know you!’ ¹³Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.^[c]

¹⁴“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves^[d] and entrusted his property to them.

Matthew 25:12 tn Grk “But answering, he said.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation.
Matthew 25:12 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
Matthew 25:13 tc Most later mss (C³ Γ ƒ¹³ 1241 1424^c M) add here “in which the Son of Man is coming” (ἐν ᾗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται, en |ē ho huios tou anthrōpou erchetai), reproducing almost verbatim the last line of Matt 24:44. The longer reading thus appears to be an explanatory expansion and should not be considered authentic. The earlier and better witnesses (P³⁵ א A B C* D L W Δ Θ ƒ¹ 33 565 892 1424* al lat co) lack this phrase.
Matthew 25:14 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

New International Version (NIV)