^13 (A)“Watch therefore, for you ^(B)know neither the day nor the hour ^[a]in which the Son of Man is coming.

^42 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know what ^[a]hour your Lord is coming. ^43 (B)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what ^[b]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ^44 (C)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

^6 (A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but ^(B)let us watch and be ^[a]sober.

^15 (A)“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, ^(B)lest he walk naked and they see his shame.”

^36 (A)Watch therefore, and ^(B)pray always that you may ^[a]be counted ^(C)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and ^(D)to stand before the Son of Man.”

^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— ³⁶ lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

Final Exhortations

^13 (A)Watch, ^(B)stand fast in the faith, be brave, ^(C)be strong.

⁸ Be ^[a]sober, be ^[b]vigilant; ^[c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^(A)not aware of,