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LUKE 21:34 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 21:33Luke 21:35
“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”
Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap — be careful (prosechete, pay attention to yourselves): the self-monitoring warning. Carousing, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life: the three heart-weighters that produce the unwatchfulness. That day will close on you like a trap: the sudden enclosure of those who are not watching.

Church Fathers on Luke 21:34

Our Lord declared above the fearful and sensible signs of the evils which should overtake sinners, against which the only remedy is watching and prayer, as it is said, And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time, &c.

Theophylact · 11th century

Every animal has within itself certain instincts which it has received from God, for the preservation of its own being. Wherefore Christ has also given us this warning, that what comes to them by nature, may be ours by the aid of reason and prudence: that we may flee from sin as the brute creatures shun deadly food, but that we seek after righteousness, as they wholesome herbs. Therefore said He, Take heed to yourselves, that is, that you may distinguish the noxious from the…

Basil the Great · 4th century

As if He says, Beware lest the eyes of your mind wax heavy. For the cares of this life, and surfeiting, and drunkenness, scare away prudence, shatter and make shipwreck of faith.

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