Luke 21:34 Cross References - Goodspeed

³⁴ But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

²² And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

³⁹ and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding with the handmill; one will be taken and one left. ⁴² So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming. ⁴³ But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him. ⁴⁵ "Who then will be the faithful, thoughtful slave whom his master put in charge of his household, to give the members of it their supplies at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it. ⁴⁷ I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property. ⁴⁸ But if he is a bad slave and says to himself, 'My master is going to stay a long time,' ⁴⁹ and begins to beat the other slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰ that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know

¹⁹ but the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich and passions for other things creep in and choke the message out and it yields nothing.

⁹ But you must be on your guard; they will hand you over to courts and you will be taken into synagogues and beaten, and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to testify to them.

³⁵ So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning— ³⁶ for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep. ³⁷ And what I am telling you I mean for all—Be on the watch!"

¹⁴ And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.

⁴¹ The Master answered, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and anxious about many things, but our wants are few,

⁴⁰ You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him."

⁴⁵ But if the slave says to himself, 'My master is not coming back for a long time,' and begins to beat the men and women slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk, ⁴⁶ that slave's master will come back some day when he does not expect him, and at some time of which he does not know, and will cut him in two, and put him with the unbelievers.

³ Look out for yourselves! If your brother wrongs you, take it up with him, and if he repents, forgive him.

⁸ And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.

¹¹ All this especially, because you know this critical time and that it is time for you to wake from your sleep, for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. ¹² The night is nearly over; the day is at hand. So let us throw aside the deeds of darkness, and put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.

¹¹ What I meant was that you are not to associate with anyone who is supposed to be a Christian brother, and yet is immoral or greedy or idolatrous or abusive or drunken or grasping—with such a person you must not even eat.

¹⁰ or thieves or greedy—drunkards, abusive people, robbers—will not have any share in God's kingdom.

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party-spirit,

⁶ Have no anxiety about anything, but make all your wants known to God in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving.

² for you yourselves know perfectly well that the Day of the Lord is to come like a thief in the night. ³ When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape. ⁴ But you are not in darkness, brothers, so that that Day should surprise you like thieves. ⁵ You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness. ⁶ So we must not sleep like other men, but we must be vigilant and composed. ⁷ For those who sleep sleep at night and those who get drunk do so at night, ⁸ but we who belong to the day must be composed, wearing faith and love for a coat of mail, and helmeted with the hope of salvation.

¹⁵ Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all—

³ You have spent time enough in the past in doing as the heathen like to do, indulging in sensuality, passion, drunkenness, carousing, dissipation, and detestable idolatry. ⁴ They are amazed that you no longer join them in plunging into the flood of dissipation, and they abuse you for it; ⁵ but they will have to answer for it to him who is ready to judge living and dead. ⁶ This is why the good news was preached to the dead also, that though they are judged in their physical nature as men are, they may yet live, like God, in the Spirit. ⁷ But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.

¹⁰ The Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on it the heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth and all its works will melt away.

¹⁴ Therefore, dear friends, while waiting for this, make every effort to be found by him unstained, irreproachable, and at peace.

³ So remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming upon you.