50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is (A)not aware of,

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(A)Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and (B)repent. (C)Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you (D)as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

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For you yourselves know perfectly that (A)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (B)sudden destruction comes upon them, (C)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.

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42 (A)Watch therefore, for you do not know what [a]hour your Lord is coming. 43 (B)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [b]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 (C)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:42 NU day
  2. Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night

Happy Is He Who Keeps the Law

29 He(A) who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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