NET Bible
"It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert."
— Mark 13:34, NET Bible
“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”
“It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. ”
“"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.”
“Even as a man who, going into a far country, left his house and gave authority to his servants over every work and commanded the porter to watch.”
“It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.”
“For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.”
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Be Ready!“But as for that day or hour no one knows it– neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son– except the Father.
Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.
Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–
or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”