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Matthew 24:42

Therefore keep watch, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

In Context

41Two women will be grinding grain at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

43But know this: If the master of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Mark 13:33Be on guard; stay alert and pray! For you do not know when the time is coming.

Luke 21:36Therefore stay alert at all times, praying that you may be considered worthy to escape everything that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be men of courage, and be strong.

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be alert and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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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