Matthew 24:44

Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

In Context

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.

45Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:27As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth unto the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Matthew 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went with him into the house of the nuptials, and the door was shut.

Luke 12:40Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

James 5:9Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

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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