Matthew 24:42-44

New American Standard Bible 1995

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(A)be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[a]be sure of this, that ^(B)if the head of the house had known ^(C)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be ^[b]broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(D)you also must be ready; for ^(E)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.