Luke 12:39

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to 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

38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.

40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

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

Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon 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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