Luke 12:40

The Passion Translation

So keep being alert and ready at all times. For I promise you that the Son of Man will surprise you and appear when you don’t expect him.”

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:6

This is why we must not fall asleep, as the rest do, but keep wide awake and clearheaded.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and exalt him and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come. And his bride has made herself ready.

Romans 13:11

To live like this is all the more urgent, for time is running out and you know it is a strategic hour in human history. It is time for us to wake up! For our full salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Matthew 25:13

“That is the reason you should always stay awake and be alert, because you don’t know the day or the hour when the Bridegroom will appear.”

Romans 13:14

Instead fully immerse yourselves into the Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, and don’t waste even a moment’s thought on your former identity to awaken its selfish desires.

Matthew 24:44

So always be ready, alert, and prepared, because at an hour when you’re not expecting him, the Son of Man will come.”

Matthew 24:42

This is why you must stay alert: because no one knows the day your Lord will come.