And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.
Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into.
At midnight, there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.