Matthew 24:42

Therefore be on your guard, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Two women will be grinding with a mill—one will be taken, and one will be left.

43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on guard and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

Mark 13:33Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is. + 13:33 Some ancient authorities read: Be alert! Watch and pray .

Luke 21:36But be alert at all times, praying that you may be strong enough to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, act like men, be strong.

1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is coming near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sober in your thinking for the sake of 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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