Matthew 24:43

Matthew chapter 24 · verse 43 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Context

v.42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

v.43This passage

v.44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Luke 12:39

    But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

  • Matthew 20:11

    And when they received it, they murmured against the householder,

  • Matthew 24:44

    Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Exodus 22:2

    If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.