Matthew 24:42

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.

43and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:36'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known — not even the messengers of the heavens — except my Father only;

Matthew 25:13'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

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

Luke 21:36watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;

1 Peter 4:7And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

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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