Matthew 24:42

Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

In Context

41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and the other left.

43But know this, That if the master of the house had known at what watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken open.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour no one knows, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Mark 13:33Take heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.

Luke 21:36Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, be men, be resolute.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand; be sober-minded, therefore, and watchful, that you may pray.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →

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