Matthew 24:42 Cross References - WPNT

⁴² So be watchful, because you (pl) do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

³⁶ “But no one knows concerning that day and hour, not even the angels of the heavens, except my Father alone.

⁴⁴ Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour that you do not suppose.

¹³ Therefore, keep alert, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of the Man is coming.

³⁸ Then Jesus says to them: “My soul is in anguish, to the point of death. Stay here and watch with me.” ³⁹ And going a little farther He fell on His face and prayed saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by; nevertheless not as I wish, but as you do”. ⁴⁰ Then He comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and He says to Peter: “So, you (pl.) were not able to watch with me one hour! ⁴¹ Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. The spirit on its part is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

³³ Watch! Keep alert! Pray! Because you do not know when that time will be. ³⁴ It is like a man off on a journey, having left his house and given the authority to his slaves, and to each his work; and he commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. ³⁵ Therefore be watchful, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming—at evening or at midnight or at cockcrow or early morning— ³⁶ lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. ³⁷ The things I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”

³⁵ “Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning, ³⁶ and you yourselves like men waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. ³⁷ Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find watching when he comes. Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them recline, and will come and serve them. ³⁸ And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those slaves. ³⁹ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

³⁶ So be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that are about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

¹¹ Besides this, knowing the time, it is high time for us to be awakened from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

¹³ Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

⁶ So then, let us not sleep, like the rest, but let us stay alert and sober;

⁷ The end of all things has approached; therefore be serious and self-controlled in your praying.

⁸ Be sober, stay alert! Because your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is circling you, looking for someone to devour;

² Wake up! And strengthen the remaining things that you were about to throw away, for I have not found your works to be fulfilled before my God. ³ So remember how you have received and heard, and hold fast and repent; because if you do not watch I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

¹⁵ (“Watch out, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who watches and guards his clothes, so that he not walk about naked and they see his shame.”)