Mark 13:32-37

New International Reader's Version

The Day and Hour Are Not Known

³² “But no one knows about that day or hour. Not even the angels in heaven know. The Son does not know. Only the Father knows. ³³ Keep watch! Stay awake! You do not know when that time will come. ³⁴ It’s like a man going away. He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge. Each one is given a task to do. He tells the one at the door to keep watch.

³⁵ “So keep watch! You do not know when the owner of the house will come back. It may be in the evening or at midnight. It may be when the rooster crows or at dawn. ³⁶ He may come suddenly. So do not let him find you sleeping. ³⁷ What I say to you, I say to everyone. ‘Watch!’ ”