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Matthew 24:42

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the hour in which your Lord will come.

Majority Standard Bible

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 the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only My Father.

Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour when the Son of Man comes.

Mark 13:33Be on your guard, stay alert, and pray! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may be deemed worthy to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can 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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