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Matthew 24:42-44
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Matthew 24:42-44
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42 [a](A)Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43 (B)Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. 44 So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.
The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant.[b]
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- 24:42–44 Cf. Lk 12:39–40. The theme of vigilance and readiness is continued with the bold comparison of the Son of Man to a thief who comes to break into a house.
- 24:45–51 The second part of the discourse (see note on Mt 24:1–25:46) begins with this parable of the faithful or unfaithful servant; cf. Lk 12:41–46. It is addressed to the leaders of Matthew’s church; the servant has been put in charge of his master’s household (Mt 24:45) even though that household is composed of those who are his fellow servants (Mt 24:49).
Matthew 24:42-44
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Matthew 24:42-44
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42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.(A) 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(B) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready,(C) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Mark 13:33
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Mark 13:33
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33 (A)Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.
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Mark 13:33
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Mark 13:33
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- Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray
1 Thessalonians 5:2
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1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:2
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1 Thessalonians 5:2
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2 Peter 3:10
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2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,[a] and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar and the elements will be dissolved by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.(A)
Exhortation to Preparedness.[b]
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- 3:10 Like a thief: Mt 24:43; 1 Thes 5:2; Rev 3:3. Will be found out: cf. 1 Cor 3:13–15. Some few versions read, as the sense may demand, “will not be found out”; many manuscripts read “will be burned up”; there are further variants in other manuscripts, versions, and Fathers. Total destruction is assumed (2 Pt 3:11).
- 3:11–16 The second coming of Christ and the judgment of the world are the doctrinal bases for the moral exhortation to readiness through vigilance and a virtuous life; cf. Mt 24:42, 50–51; Lk 12:40; 1 Thes 5:1–11; Jude 20–21.
2 Peter 3:10
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2 Peter 3:10
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10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)
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- 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
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