Luke 12:40

Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

39Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.

41Then Peter saide vnto him, Master, tellest thou this parable vnto vs, or euen to all?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come.

Matthew 25:13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

Luke 21:34Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.

Romans 13:14But put yee on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and take no thought for the flesh, to fulfill the lustes of it.

2 Peter 3:12Looking for, and hasting vnto the comming of that day of God, by the which the heauens being on fire, shall be dissolued, and the elements shall melt with heate?

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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