Matthew 24:43

Of this be sure that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche and not suffre his housse to be broke vppe.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

In Context

42Wake therfore because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come.

44Therfore be ye also redy for in the houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the sonne of man come.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44Therfore be ye also redy for in the houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the sonne of man come.

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

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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