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41 Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill.[a] One woman will be taken and the other will be left.

42 “So always be ready. You don’t know the day your Lord will come. 43 Remember this: If the owner of the house knew what time a thief was coming, then the owner would be ready for him. The owner would watch and not let the thief enter his house.

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  1. 24:41 mill Two large, round, flat rocks used for grinding grain to make flour.

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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