⭐WEB · Matthew 24:42
What does Matthew 24:42 mean?
"Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes."
— Matthew 24:42 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.
Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
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