Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.
Parallel translations
- KJV Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- BSB For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
- NKJV Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
- NASB For this reason you must be ready as well; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
- NLT You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
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- Matt 25:10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
- Matt 24:42Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
- Matt 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
- Luke 12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
- Phil 4:5Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
- Rev 19:7Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
- Matt 24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Jas 5:9Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.
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