Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.

Watch, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming---it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise.

What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!"

Then he returned and found the three disciples asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Weren't you able to stay awake for even one hour?"

And he said to them, "Keep watch, and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.

So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

And Jesus concluded, "Watch out, then, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Then he returned to the three disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "How is it that you three were not able to keep watch with me for even one hour?

Keep watch and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him."

"Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied with too much feasting and drinking and with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man."

You must do this, because you know that the time has come for you to wake up from your sleep. For the moment when we will be saved is closer now than it was when we first believed.

The night is nearly over, day is almost here. Let us stop doing the things that belong to the dark, and let us take up weapons for fighting in the light.

But take up the weapons of the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop paying attention to your sinful nature and satisfying its desires.

Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be brave, be strong.

Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.

All of you are people who belong to the light, who belong to the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk.

Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.

The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.

Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

So wake up, and strengthen what you still have before it dies completely. For I find that what you have done is not yet perfect in the sight of my God.

"Listen! I am coming like a thief ! Happy is he who stays awake and guards his clothes, so that he will not walk around naked and be ashamed in public!"