Matthew 24:43 Cross References - Mace

⁴³ but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open.

¹¹ who upon the receipt of it fell a murmuring against the master, and cry'd,

⁴⁴ therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect.

³⁹ if the master of a house knew at what hour the thief would come, no doubt he would be on his guard, and not suffer him to break into his house.

² for you very well know, that the day of the Lord steals on like a thief in the night. ³ whilst they flatter themselves with peace and safety, destruction shall fall upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they shall not escape. ⁴ but you, my brethren, are too well inform'd to be surpriz'd by that day, as by a thief. ⁵ you inherit the advantages of meridian light: we are not involv'd in the obscurity of night. ⁶ therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.

¹⁰ As for that day of the Lord, it will advance like a thief: then the heavens will rush with violence, the boiling elements will be dissolved, and the earth with all its contents, shall be burnt away. ¹¹ Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety?