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Matthew 24:42
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 24:42
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
42 [a](A)Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
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- 24:42–44 Cf. Lk 12:39–40. The theme of vigilance and readiness is continued with the bold comparison of the Son of Man to a thief who comes to break into a house.
Matthew 24:42
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Matthew 24:42
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42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.(A)
Matthew 24:42
King James Version
Matthew 24:42
King James Version
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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Matthew 25:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Matthew 25:13-15
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13 (A)Therefore, stay awake,[a] for you know neither the day nor the hour.
The Parable of the Talents.[b] 14 (B)“It will be as when a man who was going on a journey[c] called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. 15 To one he gave five talents;[d] to another, two; to a third, one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately
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- 25:13 Stay awake: some scholars see this command as an addition to the original parable of Matthew’s traditional material, since in Mt 25:5 all the virgins, wise and foolish, fall asleep. But the wise virgins are adequately equipped for their task, and stay awake may mean no more than to be prepared; cf. Mt 24:42, 44.
- 25:14–30 Cf. Lk 19:12–27.
- 25:14 It will be as when…journey: literally, “For just as a man who was going on a journey.” Although the comparison is not completed, the sense is clear; the kingdom of heaven is like the situation here described. Faithful use of one’s gifts will lead to participation in the fullness of the kingdom, lazy inactivity to exclusion from it.
- 25:15 Talents: see note on Mt 18:24.
Matthew 25:13-15
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Matthew 25:13-15
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13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.(A)
The Parable of the Bags of Gold(B)
14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey,(C) who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. 15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,[a] each according to his ability.(D) Then he went on his journey.
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- Matthew 25:15 Greek five talents … two talents … one talent; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer’s wage.
Matthew 25:13-15
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Matthew 25:13-15
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13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
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