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Luke 12:40

Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

Family 35 New Testament

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 kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into.

41Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or to everyone?”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42So be watchful, because you (pl) do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13Therefore, keep alert, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of the Man is coming.

Luke 21:34“But keep a watch on yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and cares of life, and that Day come upon you suddenly.

Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, with a view to lusts.

2 Peter 3:12expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements will 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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