Font Size
Mark 13:33-35
New International Version
Mark 13:33-35
New International Version
33 Be on guard! Be alert[a]!(A) 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(B) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
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.
Footnotes
- Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray
Mark 13:33-35
New King James Version
Mark 13:33-35
New King James Version
33 (A)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34 (B)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave (C)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 (D)Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning—
Read full chapter
Mark 13:33-35
English Standard Version
Mark 13:33-35
English Standard Version
33 (A)Be on guard, (B)keep awake.[a] For you do not know when the time will come. 34 (C)It is like a man (D)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[b] in charge, (E)each with his work, and commands (F)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (G)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (H)in the evening, or (I)at midnight, or (J)when the rooster crows,[c] or (K)in the morning—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray
- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
- Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
Mark 13:33-35
New American Standard Bible
Mark 13:33-35
New American Standard Bible
33 “Watch out, (A)stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is. 34 (B)It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and [a]putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Therefore, (C)stay alert—for you do not know when the [b]master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or (D)when the rooster crows, or (E)in the morning—
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Mark 13:34 Lit giving the authority to
- Mark 13:35 Or lord
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
English Standard Version (ESV) 
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
New American Standard Bible (NASB) 
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.