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Matthew 24:42 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. "

Matthew 24:42

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40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.

41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.

42 Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

43 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.

44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

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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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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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Luke 12:39

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"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."

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Mark 13:33

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"Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is."

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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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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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Matthew 24:1

"Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple."

Matthew 24:2

"But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”"

Matthew 24:3

"As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”"

Matthew 24:4

"Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray."

Matthew 24:5

"For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray."

Matthew 24:6

"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet."

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