"No one knows, however,

when that day or hour will come –

neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son;

only the Father knows.

Be on watch, be alert,

for you do not know

when the time will come.

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.

If he comes suddenly,

he must not find you asleep.

What I say to you, then,

I say to all: Watch!"

Mark 13:32-37