Mark 13:36

New English Translation

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! “Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Isaiah 56:10

All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

Matthew 25:5

When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Mark 14:37

Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

Mark 14:40

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

Luke 21:34

“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

Luke 22:45

When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”