Matthew 24:42
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
In Context
41of two women grinding with a hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
Cross References
Matthew 24:36But about that day and hour, no one knows – not even the angels of heaven, not even the Son – but only the Father himself.
Matthew 25:13Therefore watch, since you know neither the day nor the hour.
Mark 13:33“See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
Luke 21:36Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”
1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; be brave; be strong.
1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, so that you may be able to 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 →