Mat 24:43 | NETfull | 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 ^{▼▼ On Jesus pictured as a returning 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.