Luke 12:40

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

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  • Matt 24:42 : 42 `Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.
  • Matt 25:13 : 13 `Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
  • Mark 13:33-36 : 33 Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is; 34 as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch; 35 watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning; 36 lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
  • Luke 21:34-36 : 34 `And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you, 35 for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land, 36 watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
  • Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already `is' to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer `is' our salvation than when we did believe;
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.
  • 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
  • 2 Pet 3:12-14 : 12 waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt; 13 and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell; 14 wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
  • Rev 19:7 : 7 may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:42-46
    5 verses
    91%

    42 `Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

    43 and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

    44 because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

    45 `Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

    46 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

  • Luke 12:35-39
    5 verses
    87%

    35 `Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

    36 and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

    37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

    38 and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find `it' so, happy are those servants.

    39 `And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

  • Matt 25:10-13
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    85%

    10 `And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

    11 and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;

    12 and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

    13 `Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

  • Mark 13:32-37
    6 verses
    84%

    32 `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known -- not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son -- except the Father.

    33 Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

    34 as a man who is gone abroad, having left his house, and given to his servants the authority, and to each one his work, did command also the porter that he may watch;

    35 watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;

    36 lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;

    37 and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'

  • Luke 12:45-47
    3 verses
    82%

    45 `And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

    46 the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for `him', and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

    47 `And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

  • Matt 24:50
    82%

    50 the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

  • Matt 24:39
    78%

    39 and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:37
    77%

    37 and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

  • Mark 13:29
    77%

    29 so ye, also, when these ye may see coming to pass, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.

  • 1 Thess 5:2
    76%

    2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,

  • Luke 21:35-36
    2 verses
    76%

    35 for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

    36 watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'

  • Luke 17:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 `According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

    31 in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

  • Luke 12:41-43
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    75%

    41 And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

    42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

    43 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

  • Matt 24:33
    75%

    33 so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.

  • Luke 13:25
    75%

    25 from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

  • Rev 16:15
    75%

    15 `lo, I do come as a thief; happy `is' he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    75%

    26 `If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;

    27 for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

  • Matt 24:48
    75%

    48 `And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

  • Matt 25:6
    74%

    6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

  • Mark 13:26
    74%

    26 `And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

  • Acts 13:40
    73%

    40 see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

  • Luke 12:12
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    12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth `you' to say.'

  • Matt 16:27
    73%

    27 `For, the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his messengers, and then he will reward each, according to his work.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    73%

    4 and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;

  • Mark 14:37
    72%

    37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

  • Matt 26:40
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    40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

  • Luke 17:24
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    24 for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one `part' under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;