Luke 12:39

But understand this, that if the master of the house had known the hour the thief was coming he would not have let his house be broken into.

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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

38If the master comes in the second watch of the night, or if even in the third watch, and finds them ready, blessed are those servants.

40Be ready also, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man comes.”

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Cross References

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night.

Revelation 3:3Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard. Obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come against you.

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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