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Luke 12:35-37
English Standard Version
Luke 12:35-37
English Standard Version
You Must Be Ready
35 (A)“Stay dressed for action[a] and (B)keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are (C)waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and (D)knocks. 37 (E)Blessed are those servants[b] whom the master finds (F)awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, (G)he will dress himself for service and (H)have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.
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- Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
- Luke 12:37 Or bondservants
Luke 12:35-37
New International Version
Luke 12:35-37
New International Version
Watchfulness(A)(B)
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(C) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(D)
Luke 12:35-37
King James Version
Luke 12:35-37
King James Version
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
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