Matthew 24:42

Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Two women grinding at the mill; the one taken, the other dismissed.

43And this observe, that if the master of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him to break into his house.

Read all of Matthew 24

Cross References

Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour no man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father alone.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

Mark 13:33Take ye heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is.

Luke 21:36Watch therefore, praying at every proper opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, be manful, be strong.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 24:42