43 but this ye know, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broke open: therefore be ye also ready;
Matthew 24:43 Cross References - Worsley
Matthew 20:11
11 And after they had received it they murmured against the master of the house,
Matthew 24:44
44 for the Son of man cometh at a time that ye think not of.
Luke 12:39
39 And this ye know, that if the master of a house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open:
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6
2 for ye yourselves know full well, that the day of the Lord cometh like a thief in the night.
3 And when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should seize you as a thief:
5 ye are all children of the light, and of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep like others, but let us watch and be sober:
2 Peter 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works therein shall be burnt up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,