Luke 12:40 Cross References - Mace

⁴⁰ be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.

⁴² watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord shall come.

⁴⁴ therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect.

¹³ watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour.

³³ be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be. ³⁴ when a man travels into foreign parts, he leaves his goods in charge to his servants, he appoints to every one his task, and orders the porter to be vigilant, ³⁵ watch ye therefore (for you don't know when the master of the house will return; whether at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning) ³⁶ for fear by his sudden return he should surprize you sleeping.

³⁴ set a guard upon yourselves, that ye be not stupified by surfeiting and drunkenness, or by the disquietudes of this life, and so that day come upon you with a surprize. ³⁵ for like a snare, it shall surprize all the inhabitants of the earth. ³⁶ be therefore upon your guard, be constant in prayer, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all those future ills, and be able to stand in the presence of the son of God.

¹¹ Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

¹⁴ but imitate the Lord Jesus Christ, and by no means indulge any sensual desires.

⁶ therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.

¹² expecting, and vehemently desiring the day of the Lord would come, when the heavens all on fire shall be dissolv'd, and the elements shall melt with intense heat. ¹³ As for us, in consequence of his promise, we expect a new heaven, and a new earth, where justice shall reside. ¹⁴ since then, my dear brethren, your expectations are such, take care to appear before him, without any defect or blemish, in order to be happy; and be persuaded,

⁷ let us rejoyce, and triumph, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the lamb is come, and his spouse is already adorn'd.