“And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
“Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming – in the evening or at midnight, or at the crowing of the cock, or in the morning,
And seeing them straining at rowing – for the wind was against them – at about the fourth watch of the night, He came to them walking on the sea, and He wished to pass them by.
“And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
“Remember, then, how you have received, and heard. And watch and repent. If, then, you do not wake up, I shall come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know at all what hour I come upon you.