Matthew 24:42

Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return.

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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 grinding at a millstone: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.

43But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, not even the Angels of the heavens, but only the Father.

Matthew 25:13And so you must be vigilant, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Mark 13:33Take heed, be vigilant, and pray. For you do not know when the time may be.

Luke 21:36And so, be vigilant, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers.

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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