Luke 12:40

And be ye ready, for in what hour ye guess not, man’s Son shall come.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 know ye this thing, for if an husbandman knew, in what hour the thief would come, soothly he should wake, and not suffer his house to be (under)mined, (or truly he would be on watch, and not allow his house to be undermined).

41And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or to all?

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Cross References

Matthew 24:42Therefore wake ye, (or And so be on watch, or stay awake), for ye know not in what hour the Lord shall come.

Matthew 25:13Therefore wake ye, for ye know not the day nor the hour. (And so be on watch, or stay awake, for you do not know the day or the hour.)

Luke 21:34But take ye heed to yourselves (or Keep watch over yourselves), lest peradventure your hearts be grieved with gluttony, and drunkenness, and (the) busynesses of this life, and that day come suddenly on you;

Romans 13:14but be ye clothed in the Lord Jesus Christ, and do ye not the busyness [or the cares] of (the) flesh in desires.

2 Peter 3:12abiding and hieing into the coming of the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom (the) heavens burning shall be dissolved, and (the) elements shall fail by (the) burning [or (from the) heat] of (the) fire.

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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