Luke 12:40

Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

39Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

Matthew 25:13"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:34"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

Romans 13:14On the contrary, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for gratifying your earthly cravings.

2 Peter 3:12eagerly looking forward to the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens, all ablaze, will be destroyed, and the elements will melt in the fierce 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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