Luke 12:39

And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 watch, or in the third, he shall come and so find them, happy are those servants.

40Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves dig through and steal.

1 Thessalonians 5:2for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night.

Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and observe those precepts, and repent. If then thou wilt not wake up, I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon 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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