Matthew 24:50

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

that slave’s master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an unknown hour.

Cross References

Matthew 24:49

and then becomes physically abusive to his fellow-slaves, and eats and drinks [at parties] with drunkards,

Matthew 24:51

And [that master] will whip him to shreds and will turn him over to suffer the same fate as hypocrites do. That fate will involve crying and excruciating pain.”

Luke 12:46

that slave’s master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an hour unknown [to him]. And [that master] will whip him to shreds and will turn him over to suffer the same fate as unfaithful servants receive.

Revelation 3:3

So, remember how you have received and heard the message [i.e., they had eagerly accepted the Gospel]; [now] obey it and repent. For if you do not become [spiritually] alert, I will come as a thief [i.e. unexpectedly] and you will not know the [exact] time that I will come upon you [in judgment. See 2:16, 25].