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Mark 13:34

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“It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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Mark 13:34 in other translations

It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

Mark 13:34 · American Standard Version

Mark 13:34 in context

  1. 32But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  2. 33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
  3. 34“It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
  4. 35Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
  5. 36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.