Luke 12:40

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

Text-Critical English NT

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: If the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

41Then Peter said to him, “Lord, are yoʋ telling this parable only for us, or for everyone else as well?”

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Luke 21:34“Watch yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.

Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

2 Peter 3:12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God. On that day the heavens will be set on fire and destroyed, and the elements will melt in the intense 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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