Luke 12:40

Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

American Standard 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 master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

41And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].

2 Peter 3:12looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent 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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