34 It is as if someone took a trip, left the household behind, and put the servants in charge, giving each one a job to do, and told the doorkeeper to stay alert.
35 Therefore, stay alert! You don’t know when the head of the household will come, whether in the evening or at midnight, or when the rooster crows in the early morning or at daybreak.
36 Don’t let him show up when you weren’t expecting and find you sleeping.
37 What I say to you, I say to all: Stay alert!"