Luke 12:40
Be ye also ready: because at an hour you do not think the Son of man cometh.
1902 William Baxter Godbey 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
41And Peter said to Him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or to all?
Cross References
Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be burdened with luxury, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day may come on you unanticipated.
Romans 13:14but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the lust of the flesh.
2 Peter 3:12looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched up are melted?
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 →