Luke 12:40

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

39And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

41Simon Cephas saith to him: Our Lord, speakest thou this similitude to us, or also to all men?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:34Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be, at no time, stupefied by gluttony and ebriety and worldly care; and so that day come upon you unawares.

Romans 13:14But clothe yourselves with our Lord Jesus Messiah: and be not thoughtful about your flesh, for the indulgence of appetites.

2 Peter 3:12expecting and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being ignited will 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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