Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Watching for the son of man

³⁴ “So watch out for yourselves,” said Jesus. “Don’t let your hearts grow heavy with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of this life, letting that day come upon you suddenly, ³⁵ like a trap. It will come, you see, on everyone who lives on the face of the earth. ³⁶ Keep awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the son of man.”

³⁷ Jesus was teaching in the Temple by day, but at night he went out and stayed in the place called the Mount of Olives. ³⁸ From early morning all the people flocked to him in the Temple, to hear him.