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37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he arrives. Amen, I say to you, he will fasten his belt, have them recline to eat, and proceed to wait on them himself. 38 If he comes in the second watch[a] or in the third and finds them still awake, blessed are those servants.

39 The Hour of the Son of Man.[b]“But keep this in mind: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:38 Second watch: i.e., between 9:00 P.M. and midnight. Third: i.e., between midnight and 3:00 A.M. See note on Mt 14:25.
  2. Luke 12:39 See note on Mt 24:45-51.