Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.

He says, "All the leaders, who are supposed to warn my people, are blind! They know nothing. They are like watch dogs that don't bark---they only lie around and dream. How they love to sleep!

The captain found him there and said to him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up and pray to your god for help. Maybe he will feel sorry for us and spare our lives."

One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

The bridegroom was late in coming, so they began to nod and fall asleep.

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?"

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation."

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.

Let us conduct ourselves properly, as people who live in the light of day---no orgies or drunkenness, no immorality or indecency, no fighting or jealousy.

Come back to your right senses and stop your sinful ways. I declare to your shame that some of you do not know God.

for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you."

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

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

and he said to them, "The sorrow in my heart is so great that it almost crushes me. Stay here and keep watch with me."

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."

It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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!"

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."

How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them.

And you can be sure that if the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, he would not let the thief break into his house.

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."

He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Watch, then, and remember that with many tears, day and night, I taught every one of you for three years.

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.

Be persistent in prayer, and keep alert as you pray, giving thanks to God.

But you must keep control of yourself in all circumstances; endure suffering, do the work of a preacher of the Good News, and perform your whole duty as a servant of God.

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

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!"

But we belong to the day, and we should be sober. We must wear faith and love as a breastplate, and our hope of salvation as a helmet.

Show a gentle attitude toward everyone. The Lord is coming soon.

I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly; not with fancy hair styles or with gold ornaments or pearls or expensive dresses,

But a woman will be saved through having children, if she perseveres in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.

A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife, be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach;

Their wives also must be of good character and must not gossip; they must be sober and honest in everything.

In the same way urge the young men to be self-controlled.

That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,

So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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