Matthew 24:42

Therefore watch: for you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and the other left.

43But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what time the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour no man knows, no, not the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but my Father only.

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

Mark 13:33Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time will come.

Luke 21:36Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be strong and accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Corinthians 16:13Be watchful, stand fast in the faith, act like men, be strong.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: therefore be of sound mind and sober judgement 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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