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Luke 12:40

You also must be prepared. For the Son of man will return at an hour that you will not realize.”

Catholic Public Domain 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

39But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.

41Then Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return.

Matthew 25:13And so you must be vigilant, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Luke 21:34But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

Romans 13:14Instead, be clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in its desires.

2 Peter 3:12waiting for, and hurrying toward, the advent of the day of the Lord, by which the burning heavens shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt from the heat of the fire.

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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