Luke 21

The Need for Watchfulness

34 "Be on your guard,* 21:34 Lk 17:3so that your minds are not dulled* 21:34 Lit your hearts are not weighed downfrom carousing,* 21:34 Or hangoversdrunkenness,* 21:34 Rm 13:13and worries of life,* 21:34 Mt 13:22; Mk 4:19; 1Th 5:6–7; 1Pt 4:7or that day will come on you unexpectedly* 21:34 Lk 12:40; 1Th 5:335 like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth.36 But be alert at all times,* 21:36 Mt 25:13; 26:41; Mk 14:34–38; Lk 12:37; Ac 20:31; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:18; 1Th 5:6; 1Pt 5:8praying that you may have strength* 21:36 Other mss read you may be counted worthyto escape* 21:36 Rm 2:3; 1Th 5:3; Heb 2:3all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man."