Luke 12:39

But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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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

38Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

40Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know the hour when 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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