Matthew 24:42

World English Bible (2000)

Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

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  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
  • 1 Cor 16:13 : 13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
  • Matt 24:36 : 36 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
  • Rev 16:15 : 15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."
  • Luke 12:35-40 : 35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning. 36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them. 38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so. 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 allowed his house to be broken into. 40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
  • Matt 26:38-41 : 38 Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me." 39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire." 40 He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
  • Rev 3:2-3 : 2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.
  • Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is. 34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. 37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:43-46
    4 verses
    88%

    43 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.

    44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

    45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

  • Matt 25:10-13
    4 verses
    85%

    10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

    11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'

    12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

    13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    85%

    32 But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • Luke 12:35-40
    6 verses
    84%

    35 "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

    36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

    38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

    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 allowed his house to be broken into.

    40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • Matt 24:50-51
    2 verses
    82%

    50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

    51 and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

  • Matt 24:39-41
    3 verses
    79%

    39 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

    40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

    41 two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.

  • Luke 12:45-46
    2 verses
    78%

    45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

    46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    77%

    2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

  • Matt 24:48
    77%

    48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

  • Matt 24:36-37
    2 verses
    75%

    36 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:33
    75%

    33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Luke 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

    36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

  • Luke 17:34-36
    3 verses
    74%

    34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.

    35 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left."

    36

  • Rev 16:15
    74%

    15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

  • Matt 25:6
    73%

    6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

  • Matt 24:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

    27 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

    18 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

  • Luke 13:25
    72%

    25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

  • Luke 17:31
    72%

    31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • Mark 13:29
    72%

    29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • Rev 3:3
    72%

    3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

  • Luke 12:43
    72%

    43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    71%

    4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

  • Matt 24:4
    71%

    4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.