Matthew 25:13

Matthew 25:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
• New International Version (NIV)“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Context of Matthew 25:13

11Later, the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!’ 12But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’ Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. 14“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them. 15To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:13 word by word

Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδὲ τὴν ὥρανRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Watchγρηγορέωgrēgoreuō · to keep watchG1127
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• ye knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• neitherοὐou · noG3756
• the dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• norοὐδέoude · norG3761
• the hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• whereinἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064

Cross-references for Matthew 25:13

• Matthew 24:42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
• Mark 13:33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
• Luke 21:36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Acts 20:31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
• 1 Corinthians 16:13Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.
• 2 Timothy 4:5You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.
• 1 Peter 4:7For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
• 1 Peter 5:8Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
• Revelation 16:15(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

Commentaries on Matthew 25:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Watch therefore - If to watch be to employ ourselves chiefly about the business of our salvation, alas! how few of those who are called Christians are there who do watch! How many who slumber! How many who are asleep! How many seized with a lethargy! How many quite dead! Wherein the Son of man cometh - These words are omitted by many excellent MSS., most of the versions, and several of the fathers. Griesbach has left them out of the text: Grotius…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Watch, therefore … - This is the scope or design of the whole parable. This is the great truth that Christ wished to inculcate, and all parts of the parable are to be interpreted in reference to this admonition. Like the virgins, many are professedly going to meet the Bridegroom - the Lord Jesus Christ. Like the coming of the bridegroom, his advent will be sudden. It will be to many at an unexpected time. Many, even professing Christians, will be engaged…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13This parable confirms the need to be alert and ready for Christ's return (Matthew 25:13; see also Luke 12:35–36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh--This, the moral or practical lesson of the whole parable, needs no comment. This parable, while closely resembling it, is yet a different one from that of The Pounds, in Lu 19:11-27; though Calvin, Olshausen, Meyer, and others identify them--but not De Wette and Neander. For the difference between the two parables, see the opening remarks on that of The Pounds…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 25:13

• Bridegroom
• Fool
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Opportunity
• Probation
• Procrastination
• Reprobacy
• Resurrection
• Temptation
• Unfaithfulness
• Virgin
• Watchfulness
• Wisdom
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
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• Depart
• Hard
• Hour
• Judgment, The final
• Ought
• Parable
• Reckon

Commentaries on Matthew 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings