Luke 12:40

World English Bible (2000)

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

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  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
  • Mark 13:33-36 : 33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is. 34 "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
  • Luke 21:34-36 : 34 "So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly. 35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth. 36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
  • 2 Pet 3:12-14 : 12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
  • Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:42-46
    5 verses
    91%

    42Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

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

    44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

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

    46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

  • Luke 12:35-39
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    87%

    35"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

    36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

    38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

    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 allowed his house to be broken into.

  • Matt 25:10-13
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    85%

    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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

    12But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'

    13Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    84%

    32But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

    33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • Luke 12:45-47
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    45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

    46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

    47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

  • Matt 24:50
    82%

    50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

  • Matt 24:39
    78%

    39and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:37
    77%

    37"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Mark 13:29
    77%

    29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    76%

    2For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

  • Luke 21:35-36
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    76%

    35For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

    36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

  • Luke 17:30-31
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    75%

    30It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

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

  • Luke 12:41-43
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    41Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

    42The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

    43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

  • Matt 24:33
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    33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Luke 13:25
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    25When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

  • Rev 16:15
    75%

    15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    75%

    26If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

    27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:48
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    48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

  • Matt 25:6
    74%

    6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

  • Mark 13:26
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    26Then they will 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 on you which is spoken in the prophets:

  • Luke 12:12
    73%

    12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

  • Matt 16:27
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    27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

  • Mark 14:37
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    37He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?

  • Matt 26:40
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    40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.