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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 24, Verse 43

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42
‹Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.›
King James Version
‹But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.›
American Standard Version
But know 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.
New English Translation
Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.
World English Bible
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
44
‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›
45
‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?›
46
‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.›
47
‹Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.›
48
‹But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;›
49
‹And shall begin to smite› [his] ‹fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;›
50
‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,›
51
‹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint› [him] ‹his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
1
‹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.›
2
‹And five of them were wise, and five› [were] ‹foolish.›