40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."


In Context

37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night.

39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"

42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

Luke 12:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.