Mat 24:43 | NET2full | STEP | But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming , he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into .

‏ Matthew 24:43

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief ^{▼▼sn On Jesus’ return pictured as a thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.} was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.