Luke 12:39

But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

In Context

38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if he shall come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those servants.

40Be you, therefore, ready also; for at an hour when you think not, the Son of man comes.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

1 Thessalonians 5:2for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

Revelation 3:3Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard, and be watchful and repent. If, therefore, you do not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will come upon you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41

Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →

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