Mark 13:36

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Mark 13:36

Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

He find

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And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour?

How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.

I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,'

As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,

Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

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Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.

You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."