Luke 12:39

This vnderstonde that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre ye these wolde come he wolde suerly watche: and not suffer his housse to be broken vp.

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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

38And yf he come in the seconde watche ye if he come in the thyrde watche and shall fynde them soo happy are those servauntes.

40Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon the erth where rust and mothes corrupte and where theves breake through and steale.

1 Thessalonians 5:2for ye youre selves knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght.

Revelation 3:3Remember therfore how thou hast receaved and hearde and hold faste and repet. Yf thou shalt not watche I will come on ye as a thefe and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the

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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