Matthew 24:42

42 Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 24:42 In-Context

40 Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.
41 Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left.
42 Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
43 But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Other ancient authorities read [at what hour]
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