Luke 12:40
Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
In Context
41And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Romans 13:14But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.
2 Peter 3:12anticipating and hastening the coming of the day of God, by which the heavens, being made fiery hot, will be disintegrated, and the elements dissolve, being intensely hot?
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41
Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →