Luke 12:40
Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the Son of man comes.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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, speakest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore; for ye know not in what day[24:42] your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!
Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.
Romans 13:14but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
2 Peter 3:12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with burning 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 →