Luke 12:40

Therefore be ye also ready, for at an hour that ye think not of, the Son of man cometh.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

39Now this be assured of, that if the master of the family had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

41Then said Peter unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or also for all?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares.

Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

2 Peter 3:12expecting and hastening towards the coming of God’s day, at which the heavens on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements in flames be melted as wax?

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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