^{42 Ref} Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

^{43 Ref} But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

^{44 Ref} Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

^{45 Ref} Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

^{42 Ref} Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

^{43 Ref} 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.

^{44 Ref} Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

^{45 Ref} Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?