Matthew 24:42

Watch, therefore, for ye know not on what day your Lord is coming.

Noyes 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 one left.

43But be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

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

Mark 13:33Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.

Luke 21:36But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong;

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto 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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