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34  But de watch prosechō yourselves heautou lest mēpote your hymeis minds kardia be dulled bareō · ho by en dissipation kraipalē and kai drunkenness methē and kai the anxieties merimna of this life biōtikos, and kai that ekeinos day hēmera close ephistēmi down upon epi you hymeis suddenly aiphnidios, · ho 35 like hōs a trap pagis. For gar it will come epeiserchomai upon epi all pas those ho who live kathēmai on epi the face prosōpon of the ho whole pas earth . 36 Be alert agrypneō · de at en all pas times kairos, praying deomai that hina you may have strength katischuō to escape ekpheugō all pas these houtos things that ho will mellō take ginomai place , and kai to stand histēmi before emprosthen the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos.”

37 During the ho day hēmera he was eimi · de in en the ho temple hieron teaching didaskō, but de at ho night nyx he went exerchomai out and stayed aulizomai on eis the ho hill oros · ho called kaleō “The Mount of Olives elaia.” 38 And kai all pas the ho people laos came orthrizō to pros him autos in en the ho temple hieron at dawn to listen akouō to him autos.

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The Need for Watchfulness

34 “Be on your guard,(A) so that your minds are not dulled[a] from carousing,[b] drunkenness,(B) and worries of life,(C) or that day will come on you unexpectedly(D) 35 like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 But be alert at all times,(E) praying that you may have strength[c] to escape(F) all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

37 During(G) the day, He was teaching in the temple complex,(H) but in the evening He would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives.(I) 38 Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the temple complex.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:34 Lit your hearts are not weighed down
  2. Luke 21:34 Or hangovers
  3. Luke 21:36 Other mss read you may be counted worthy