⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.^(A)

⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,^(A) he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

³⁹ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief^(A) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

⁴⁰ You also must be ready,^(A) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”