Mark 13:33

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Mark 13:33

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

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But see that you are on your guard! I have told you all this beforehand.

Then he came and found the three Apostles asleep. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Could not you watch for one hour?

Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.

Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.

Then he came to his disciples, and found them asleep. "What!" he said to Peter, "could none of you watch with me for one hour?

Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come."

Be on your guard lest your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and lest 'That Day' should come suddenly upon you, like a snare.

This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith.

Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; show yourselves men; be strong.

Pray in spirit at all times. Be intent upon this, with unwearying perseverance and supplication for all Christ's People- -

For you all are 'Sons of Light' and 'Sons of the Day.' We have nothing to do with night, or darkness.

Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, 'that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,' and so poison the whole community.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.

Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.

Be on the watch, and strengthen what still survives, though once it was all but dead; for I have not found your life perfect in the eyes of my God.

('I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.')