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Luke 12:35-40
Legacy Standard Bible

Be Ready for His Coming

35 “(A)Gird up (B)your loins, and keep your lamps lit. 36 And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find (C)awake when he comes; truly I say to you, that (D)he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. 38 (E)Whether he comes in the [a]second watch, or even in the [b]third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

39 “(F)But [c]be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be [d](G)broken into. 40 (H)You too, be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not [e]expect.”

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  1. Luke 12:38 9 p.m. to midnight
  2. Luke 12:38 Midnight to 3 a.m.
  3. Luke 12:39 Lit know
  4. Luke 12:39 Lit dug through
  5. Luke 12:40 Lit think
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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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  1. Luke 12:35 Lit Let your loins be girded; an idiom for tying up loose outer clothing in preparation for action; Ex 12:11
  2. Luke 12:36 Lit master, when he should return
  3. Luke 12:37 Lit will gird himself
  4. Luke 12:38 Lit even in the second or third watch
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