Luke 12:40
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
World English Bible British
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
41Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Luke 21:34“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
2 Peter 3:12looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to 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 →