13:34-37 – This parable concludes Mark’s account of the Olivet Discourse. Jesus applied this parable to Himself in relationship to His second coming. There is a responsibility of God’s people in view of the fact that Jesus will demand a report at His return. Added to praying and watching is the task of working.
This instruction is for you and me today also, although the watching is different. one can watch in anxiety and one can watch in fear. But the child of God is to be watching, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing. That is joyful anticipation.