Luke 12:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ So, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will return at a time when you least expect Him.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ You also must be ready, because the Human Oneis coming at a time when you don’t expect him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ You also must be prepared. For the Son of man will return at an hour that you will not realize."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

Luke 12:40 Cross References

Matthew 24:42

Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will come at a time when you least expect Him.

Matthew 25:13

Therefore, you should be watchful, for you do not know the day or hour [i.e., when the Son of man will return].

Romans 13:11

Now this [is another reason for observing the law of love]: You should know that it is about time to wake up out of your [spiritual] sleep, because [the day of our final] salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed [in Christ].

Romans 13:14

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make any plans for satisfying the strong desires of your flesh [i.e., your appetites for sinful pleasures].

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, we should not be [spiritually] asleep, like the rest [i.e., the unsaved world], but we should be alert and sober [i.e., in control of our senses].

Revelation 19:7

We should rejoice and be extremely glad, and we should give honor to Him. For the time has come for the Lamb’s marriage, and His bride has prepared herself [for the wedding].