Bible verses about "midnight" | MNT

¹ "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard. ² "And when he had agreed with the workmen for two shillings a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³ "About nine o'clock he went out and noticed some other workmen standing idle in the market-place; ⁴ "and he said to them, "'Do you also go into the vineyard, and whatever is just I will pay you.' ⁵ "So they went. Again at noon, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same thing. ⁶ "When he went out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, "'Why have you been standing here idle, all the day long?' ⁷ "'Because no one has hired us,' they replied. "He said to them, 'Do you also go into the vineyard.' ⁸ "And when evening came, the Lord of the vineyard said to his steward, "'Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last hired and ending with the first.' ⁹ "When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received two shillings apiece; ¹⁰ "and when the first came they supposed that they would get more, but they also received each two shillings. ¹¹ "And as they took it they began to grumble against the master of the house. ¹² "'Those last men,' they said, 'have toiled only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the burning heat of the day.' ¹³ "In reply he said to one of them. 'My friend, I am doing no wrong. Did you not agree with me for two shillings? ¹⁴ "Take your wage and begone! I chose to give to this last man the same as to you. ¹⁵ "Have I not the right to do what I choose with my own property? Or is your eye evil because I am generous?' ¹⁶ "So the last shall be first, and the first, last."

⁵¹ Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,

¹ Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings. ² "You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down." ³ When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?" ⁴ "Take care," Jesus answered, "that no one mislead you; ⁵ for many will come in my name saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. ⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see to it that you are not afraid. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these things are the beginning of birth-pangs. ⁹ Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another. ¹¹ Many false prophets will rise up and mislead many; ¹² and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold; ¹³ but he who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end. ¹⁵ "So when you see the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place let the reader take note of this, ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; ¹⁷ let him who is upon the housetop not go down to get the things in his house, ¹⁸ and the man in the field not turn back to get his cloak. ¹⁹ Alas for thee women who are with child, and for the nursing mothers in those days! ²⁰ "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter; nor on a Sabbath; ²¹ for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again. ²² And if these days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake these days will be cut short. ²³ "If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' believe him not. ²⁴ For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect. ²⁵ See, I have forewarned you! So if they say to you, ²⁶ "'See, He is in the desert,' do not go out there. "'See, He is in the inner room,' do not believe it. ²⁷ For just as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸ Wherever the corpse lies, there will the vultures flock together. ²⁹ "But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ "Then the signs of the Son of man will appear in the sky; and then all the tribes of the earth will lament, when they see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from utmost heaven to utmost earth. ³² "Learn from the fig tree, her parable; when her branches are become soft, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near; ³³ so you also, when you see these signs, know that He is near, at the very doors. ³⁴ I tell you in solemn truth, that the present generation shall not pass away till all these things happen. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ³⁶ "But no one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³⁷ And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. ³⁸ For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the son of man. ⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left. ⁴² Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming. ⁴³ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have been on his guard, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming. ⁴⁵ "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent slave, to whom his master has entrusted his household, to give them their food in due season? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his Master, when he comes, shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ In solemn truth I tell you that he will set him over all his property. ⁴⁸ But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' ⁴⁹ and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰ on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour which he does not know, the Master of that servant will arrive ⁵¹ and will scourge him severely, and allot him a place among hypocrites, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

²⁶ Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

²³ But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father is seeking such as his worshipers.

¹³ "Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

³ Call to mind, then, what you have received and heard, and hold to it, and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I will come as a thief, and you will never know at what hour I am coming upon you.

⁷ On the first day of the week we met for the breaking of bread, and Paul, who was going away the next morning, began preaching to them, and prolonged his discourse until midnight.

¹ "Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. ² And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. ³ The foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them; ⁴ but the wise took oil in their flasks with their lamps. ⁵ Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping. ⁶ But at midnight there arose a cry, "'Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!' ⁷ "Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps; ⁸ "and the foolish said to the wise, "'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ "'Not so, answered the wise, 'for there may not be enough for you and for us. Go to the shops, rather, and buy some for yourselves.' ¹⁰ "And while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding-feast. And the door was shut. ¹¹ "Afterwards the other maidens came and cried, "'Lord, Lord, open unto us!' ¹² "'In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, 'I know you not.' ¹³ "Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour. ¹⁴ "For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care. ¹⁵ "To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one—to each according to his individual ability—and then set out on his travels. ¹⁶ "At once the man who had received the five talents went out and traded with them, and made five talents more. ¹⁷ "In the same way the one who got two talents made another two. ¹⁸ "But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ "After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them. ²⁰ "The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.' ²¹ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' replied his master; 'You have been faithful over many things. Enter into your master's joy.' ²² "The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.' ²³ "'Well done, good and faithful slave,' his master replied, 'You have been faithful over many things; enter into your master's joy.' ²⁴ "Then the man who had received the one talent came up and said: "'Master, I knew you were a hard man, reaping where you had not sown, and gathering where you had not scattered; ²⁵ "so I was afraid; I went away and buried your talent in the earth. There, you have what belongs to you!' ²⁶ "'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?' ²⁷ Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest. ²⁸ So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents. ²⁹ (For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.) ³⁰ But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.' ³¹ "But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he take his seat on the throne of his glory; ³² "and all the nations will be gathered in his presence. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats; ³³ "and he will place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. ³⁴ "Then he, the King will say to those on his right hand. "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. ³⁵ "'For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; ³⁶ "'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.' ³⁷ "Then shall the righteous answer him, saying. 'Master, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? ³⁸ "'When did we see you a stranger and take you in; or naked and clothe you? ³⁹ "'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?' ⁴⁰ "'In solemn truth I tell you,' the King will answer them, 'that inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these, my brothers, you have done it unto me.' ⁴¹ "Then he will say to those also at his left hand. 'Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴² "for I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; ⁴³ "I was a stranger, and you took me not in; naked, and you clothed me not; sick, or in prison, and you visited me not.' ⁴⁴ "Then will they also answer, 'Master, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?' ⁴⁵ "But he will reply, 'In solemn truth I tell you that inasmuch as you did not do it unto one of these least, you did not do it unto me.' ⁴⁶ "And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the righteous into eternal life."

²⁵ But at midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,