Luke 12:40

Also you, be you therefore ready: for, in that hour that you think not, cometh the Son of man.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 this know, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have permitted his house to be dug through.

41Shemun Kipha said to him, Our Lord, to us speakest thou this parable, or to all men also?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Be wakeful therefore, because ye know not in what hour cometh your Lord.

Matthew 25:13Be wakeful therefore, for you know not that day nor the hour.

Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, that at any time your hearts be not heavy with excess and drunkenness, and the care of the world, and unawares shall come upon you that day.

Romans 13:14but let (every one) clothe himself with our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and care not for your flesh unto the lusts (thereof).

2 Peter 3:12expecting and desiring the coming of the day of Aloha; that (day) in which the heavens, tried with fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements burning shall melt?

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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