Luke 21:36

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KJV King James Version

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

WEB World English Bible

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

ASV American Standard Version

But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.’

Surrounding context — Luke 21

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called [the mount] of Olives.

38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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1 John 2:28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.Ephesians 6:13-14Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.Luke 12:37-40Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.Mark 13:37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.Colossians 4:2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;2 Thessalonians 1:5-6[Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

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