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13 (A)Therefore, stay awake,[a] for you know neither the day nor the hour.

The Parable of the Talents.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:13 Stay awake: some scholars see this command as an addition to the original parable of Matthew’s traditional material, since in Mt 25:5 all the virgins, wise and foolish, fall asleep. But the wise virgins are adequately equipped for their task, and stay awake may mean no more than to be prepared; cf. Mt 24:42, 44.
  2. 25:14–30 Cf. Lk 19:12–27.