Luke 12:40 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Luke 12:38 and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find <FI>it<Fi> so, happy are those servants.

Luke 12:39 `And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

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

Luke 12:41 And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "become", "ready", "hour", "think", and "doth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "become" and "ready", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And this know that if the master..." into verse 41's "And Peter said to him Sir unto...", so "become" and "ready" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "become" and "ready" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.