Matthew 24:43 · KJV
“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 24:43
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 24 — Context
Two {women shall be} grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43But 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.
44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Cross References
Luke 12:39
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
2 Peter 3:10-11
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, {there shall} no blood {be shed} for him.
Matthew 20:11
And when they had received {it}, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
Proverbs 7:19
For the goodman {is} not at home, he is gone a long journey: