Luke 12:39
Greek Text— Luke 12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.
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Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.
For he doesn’t know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch?
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.
Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.
The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
They will perish, but you will endure. Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
for as the lightning, when it flashes out of one part under the sky, shines to another part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.
are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.
Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.