Luke 12:40

"Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."

Montgomery 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

39"However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

41"Master," said Peter, "are you speaking this parable to us or to all alike?"

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42"Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming.

Matthew 25:13"Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:34"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.

Romans 13:14But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, And make no provisions for your earthly nature And the gratification of its lusts.

2 Peter 3:12while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies 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 →

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