Mark 13:36 Cross References

Mark 13:36

36: Don't let him find you sleeping when he arrives without warning.

Again he returned to them and found them sleeping, for they just couldn't keep their eyes open. And they didn't know what to say.

But if the servant is evil and thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,'
and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--
well, the master will return unannounced and unexpected.
He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So don't live in darkness. Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes. Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light.
We should be decent and true in everything we do, so that everyone can approve of our behavior. Don't participate in wild parties and getting drunk, or in adultery and immoral living, or in fighting and jealousy.
But let the Lord Jesus Christ take control of you, and don't think of ways to indulge your evil desires.

"Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware,

But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? I want you to learn this lesson:
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.

For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.

And where your light shines, it will expose their evil deeds. This is why it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

Then he returned and found the disciples asleep. "Simon!" he said to Peter. "Are you asleep? Couldn't you stay awake and watch with me even one hour?

One night as I was sleeping, my heart awakened in a dream. I heard the voice of my lover. He was knocking at my bedroom door. `Open to me, my darling, my treasure, my lovely dove, he said, `for I have been out in the night. My head is soaked with dew, my hair with the wetness of the night.

A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

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