Matthew 24:43-50 But be sure of 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.

Noyes⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴³ But be sure of 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. ⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the Son of man cometh. ⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord placed over his household, to give them their food in due season? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ Truly do I say to you, that he will place him in charge of all his substance. ⁴⁸ But if the bad servant say in his heart, My lord is tarrying long; ⁴⁹ and begin to beat his fellowservants, and eat and drink with the drunken, ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for it, and at an hour when he is not aware;