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42 Watch therefore [[a]give strict attention, be cautious and active], for you do not know in what kind of a day [[b]whether a near or remote one] your Lord is coming.

43 But understand this: had the householder known in what [part of the night, whether in a [c]night or a morning] watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be [d]undermined and broken into.

44 You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:42 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 24:42 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Matthew 24:43 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  4. Matthew 24:43 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.

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