Luke 12:40

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

Bible in Basic English

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

39But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

41And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

Luke 21:34But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

2 Peter 3:12Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

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 →

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