Mark 13:32-37·~1 min

Readiness at Any Hour

The day and hour belong to the Father alone. Because no one knows the time, Jesus calls for alertness, compares the house to servants at their tasks, and warns that the master may return unexpectedly and find the sleeping unready.

N³²o one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³³Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come. ³⁴It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. ³⁵Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return — whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning. ³⁶Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping. ³⁷And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!”

Section summaryNo one knows the day or hour, not the angels in heaven, not the Son, but only the Father. Jesus answers hidden timing with watchfulness, comparing the house to servants under orders and a doorkeeper on guard. The master may return without notice, so sleeping is not safe.

Role in the chapterThe closing section gives the chapter’s final posture: alert waiting under the Father’s hidden timing and the master’s sudden return.