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

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.

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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.

41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.(A)

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.(B) 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(C) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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