44 (A)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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

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13 (A)“Watch therefore, for you (B)know neither the day nor the hour [a]in which the Son of Man is coming.

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  1. Matthew 25:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

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

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33 (A)Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.

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33 Be on guard! Be alert[a]!(A) You do not know when that time will come.

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  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

The Importance of Watching(A)

34 “But (B)take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with [a]carousing, drunkenness, and (C)cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.

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  1. Luke 21:34 dissipation

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.

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36 (A)Watch therefore, and (B)pray always that you may [a]be counted (C)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  1. Luke 21:36 NU have strength to

36 Be always on the watch, and pray(A) that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”

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(A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (B)let us watch and be [a]sober.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled

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

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12 (A)looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will (B)be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will (C)melt with fervent heat?

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12 as you look forward(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(C)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come