Matthew 24:43 Cross References - Moffatt

⁴³ But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

¹¹ And on getting it they grumbled at the householder.

⁴⁴ So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

³⁹ Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

² You know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night; ³ when 'all's well' and 'all is safe' are on the lips of men, then all of a sudden Destruction is upon them, like pangs on a pregnant woman — escape there is none. ⁴ But, brothers, you are not in the darkness for the Day to surprise you like thieves; ⁵ you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness. ⁶ Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;

¹⁰ The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear. ¹¹ Now as all things are thus to be dissolved, what holy and pious men ought you to be in your behaviour,