Luke 12:39

New English Translation

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Cross References

Matthew 24:42

“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 6:19

“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

Revelation 16:15

(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

Revelation 3:3

Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you.