Luke 12:40

and you, then, become ready, because at the hour you do not think, the Son of Man comes.”

Literal 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

39And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken through;

41And Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this allegory to us, or also to all?”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, because you have not known in what hour your Lord comes;

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man comes.

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves lest your hearts may be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

Romans 13:14but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought for the flesh—for desires.

2 Peter 3:12waiting for and hurrying the coming of the Day of God, by 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 →

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