Matthew 24:42

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36“But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Mark 13:33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.

Luke 21:36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

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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