Luke 12:39

But this know, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have permitted his house to be dug through.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

38And if in the second or the third watch he shall come and find them thus, blessed will be those servants.

40Also you, be you therefore ready: for, in that hour that you think not, cometh the Son of man.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures in the earth, a place where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves dig through and steal:

1 Thessalonians 5:2for you truly know that the day of our Lord as a thief in the night so cometh.

Revelation 3:3Remember then how thou hast received, and hearken, and keep, and repent. And if then thou wilt not awake, I will come against thee as the thief, and thou shalt not know in what hour I come against thee.

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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