Where is it in the Bible?
Matthew 25:13
13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
In other translations
- ESV
- 13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
- NLT
- 13So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.
- CSB
- 13Therefore be alert, because you don't know either the day or the hour.
- KJV
- 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
The surrounding passage
Matthew 25:11–15, King James Version
11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Context
The conclusion of the parable of the ten virgins (or bridesmaids): five were ready with oil for their lamps when the bridegroom arrived late, and five were not (25:1–12). It is part of Jesus' Olivet Discourse about his return (Matthew 24–25).
About the book of Matthew
Jesus the promised King, from Bethlehem to the Great Commission.
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