41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one left.(A) 42 Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day[a] your Lord is coming.(B) 43 But know this: If the homeowner had known what time[b] the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:42 Other mss read hour; = time
  2. Matthew 24:43 Lit watch; a division of the night in ancient times

41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.(A)

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.(B) 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,(C) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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