Matthew 24:43

But this know; that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would have been watching, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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

In The King James Version

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

In Context

42Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord.

44Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44Wherefore be ye also prepared, because in the hour that ye expect not shall come the Son of man.

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

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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