33 (A)Be on guard, (B)keep awake.[a] For you do not know when the time will come.

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  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray

33 Be on guard! Be alert[a]!(A) You do not know when that time will come.

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  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

18 praying (A)at all times (B)in the Spirit, (C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, (D)keep alert with all perseverance, making (E)supplication for all the saints,

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18 And pray in the Spirit(A) on all occasions(B) with all kinds of prayers and requests.(C) With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying(D) for all the Lord’s people.

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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (A)to wake from sleep. (B)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (C)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (D)cast off (E)the works of darkness and (F)put on the armor of light.

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The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.(C) So let us put aside the deeds of darkness(D) and put on the armor(E) of light.

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40 You also must be (A)ready, for (B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

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40 You also must be ready,(A) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

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15 (“Behold, (A)I am coming like a thief! (B)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, (C)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

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15 “Look, I come like a thief!(A) Blessed is the one who stays awake(B) and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”(C)

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Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works (A)complete in the sight of my God.

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Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.

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(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.

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The end of all things is near.(A) Therefore be alert and of sober mind(B) so that you may pray.

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For you are all (A)children[a] of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then (B)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (C)keep awake and (D)be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, (E)are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, (F)having put on the breastplate of (G)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse

You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(B) but let us be awake(C) and sober.(D) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(E) But since we belong to the day,(F) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(G) and the hope of salvation(H) as a helmet.(I)

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13 Be on your guard; stand firm(A) in the faith; be courageous; be strong.(B)

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But (F)stay awake at all times, (G)praying that you may (H)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (I)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray(C) that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

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35 (A)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (B)in the evening, or (C)at midnight, or (D)when the rooster crows,[a] or (E)in the morning— 36 lest (F)he come suddenly and (G)find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: (H)Stay awake.”

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  1. Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.

35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”(A)

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23 But (A)be on guard; (B)I have told you all things beforehand.

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23 So be on your guard;(A) I have told you everything ahead of time.

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13 (A)Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour.

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

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