Luke 12:40

American Standard Version (1901)

Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
  • Mark 13:33-36 : 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 [ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
  • Luke 21:34-36 : 34 But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: 35 for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. 36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof] .
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
  • 2 Pet 3:12-14 : 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
  • Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

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  • Matt 24:42-46
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    91%

    42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

    45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

  • Luke 12:35-39
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    87%

    35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

    36and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. [

    38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find [them] so, blessed are those [servants] .

    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. [

  • Matt 25:10-13
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    10And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

    11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

    12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

    13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

  • Mark 13:32-37
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    84%

    32But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

    33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

    34[ It is] as [when] a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.

    35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

    37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

  • Luke 12:45-47
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    45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

    46the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

    47And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes] ;

  • Matt 24:50
    82%

    50the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

  • Matt 24:39
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    39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Mark 13:29
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    29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
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    2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  • Luke 21:35-36
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    35for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

    36But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:30-31
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    30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

    31In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

  • Luke 12:41-43
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    41And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?

    42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

  • Matt 24:33
    75%

    33even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

  • Luke 13:25
    75%

    25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

  • Rev 16:15
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    15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.

    27For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:48
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    48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

  • Matt 25:6
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    6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

  • Mark 13:26
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    26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:

  • Luke 12:12
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    12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

  • Matt 16:27
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    27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his deeds.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief:

  • Mark 14:37
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    37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

  • Matt 26:40
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    40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.