Matthew 24:42

Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

Matthew 25:13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

Mark 13:33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

Luke 21:36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

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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