Matthew 24:42

Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 is taken, and one is left.

43But know this, that if the landlord knew at what watch the thief cometh, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36Concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens, except my Father only.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.

Mark 13:33Beware, watch; for you know not when the time is.

Luke 21:36Therefore watch, praying all the time, that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch, stand in the faith, be men, be strong.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto 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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