Luke 12:32-40

GOD’S WORD Translation

³² Don’t be afraid, little flock. Your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

³³ “Sell your material possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don’t wear out! Make a treasure for yourselves in heaven that never loses its value! In heaven thieves and moths can’t get close enough to destroy your treasure. ³⁴ Your heart will be where your treasure is.

The Son of Man Will Return When You Least Expect Him

³⁵ “Be ready for action, and have your lamps burning. ³⁶ Be like servants waiting to open the door at their master’s knock when he returns from a wedding. ³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I can guarantee this truth: He will change his clothes, make them sit down at the table, and serve them. ³⁸ They will be blessed if he comes in the middle of the night or toward morning and finds them awake.

³⁹ “Of course, you realize that if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let him break into his house. ⁴⁰ Be ready, because the Son of Man will return when you least expect him.”