Lucas 21

The Importance of Watching

34 "But *Matt. 24:42–44; Mark 4:19; Luke 12:40, 45; Rom. 13:13; 1 Thess. 5:6; 1 Pet. 4:7take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and *Luke 8:14cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.35 For *1 Thess. 5:2; (2 Pet. 3:10); Rev. 3:3; 16:15it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.36 *Matt. 24:42; 25:13; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:40Watch therefore, and *Luke 18:1; (Eph. 6:18); Col. 4:2; 1 Thess. 5:17pray always that you may be counted *Luke 20:35worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and *Ps. 1:5; (Eph. 6:13)to stand before the Son of Man."