Matthew 24:42

Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 one shall be left.

43But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 25:13Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.

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

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

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,do manfully, and be strengthened.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore, and watch in 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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