Matthew 24:42

Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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; the one taken, and the other left.

43But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

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

Luke 21:36Be ye therefore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

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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