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Luke 12:39 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. "

Luke 12:39

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37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.

38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.

39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”

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Related Verses

Matthew 24:43

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"But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into."

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Exodus 22:8

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"If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods."

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Revelation 3:3

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"Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you."

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Mark 13:35

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"Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;"

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Matthew 25:13

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"Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."

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1 Thessalonians 5:2

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"For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night."

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Luke 12:1

"Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."

Luke 12:2

"But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known."

Luke 12:3

"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops."

Luke 12:4

"“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."

Luke 12:5

"But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him."

Luke 12:6

"“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God."

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