Matthew 24:43

But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

In Context

42Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

44Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:44Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

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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