"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." — Matthew 24:42

Matthew 24:42 · KJV

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

— Matthew 24:42

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

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.

Matthew 24 — Context

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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

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

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.

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

Cross References

Luke 21:36

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.

Matthew 25:13

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Revelation 16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed {is} he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour knoweth no {man}, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Luke 12:35-40

Let your loins be girded about, and {your} lights burning;

Matthew 24:44

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