Luke 12:39

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

Text-Critical English NT

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

38If he comes in the second watch or the third watch and finds them doing so, blessed are those servants.

40Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him.”

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Cross References

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Revelation 3:3So remember what yoʋ have received and heard; obey it and repent. If yoʋ do not wake up, I will come upon yoʋ like a thief, and yoʋ will certainly not know at what hour I will come upon yoʋ.

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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