⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.^(A)

¹³ “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.^(A)

⁴⁰ You also must be ready,^(A) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

³⁴ “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,^(A) and that day will close on you suddenly^(B) like a trap.

The Day Is Near

¹¹ And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come^(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,^(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

⁶ So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,^(A) but let us be awake^(B) and sober.^(C)

⁷ The end of all things is near.^(A) Therefore be alert and of sober mind^(B) so that you may pray.