Luke 12:35-40
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ready for the Master’s Return
35 “Be ready for service[a] and have your lamps lit.(A) 36 You must be like people waiting for their master(B) to return[b] from the wedding banquet(C) so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.(D) 37 Those slaves the master will find alert(E) when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready,[c] have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.(F) 38 If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn,[d] and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed. 39 But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming,(G) he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also be ready,(H) because the Son of Man(I) is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”(J)
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- Luke 12:35 Lit Let your loins be girded; an idiom for tying up loose outer clothing in preparation for action; Ex 12:11
- Luke 12:36 Lit master, when he should return
- Luke 12:37 Lit will gird himself
- Luke 12:38 Lit even in the second or third watch
Luke 12:35-40
Lexham English Bible
On the Alert for the Master’s Return
35 “You must be prepared for action[a] and your[b] lamps burning. 36 And you, be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast,[c] so that when he[d] comes back and knocks, they can open the door[e] for him immediately. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by and[f] serve them. 38 Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find them[g] like this, blessed are they! 39 But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.”[h]
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- Luke 12:35 Literally “your loins must be girded”
- Luke 12:35 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 12:36 Or perhaps simply “feast”
- Luke 12:36 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“comes back”)
- Luke 12:36 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 12:37 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will come by”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 12:38 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 12:40 *The words “he will come” are not in the Greek text but are implied
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