Luke 12:36

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

and you⁺ [be] like men waiting for their master when he shall return from the wedding feasts, that, having come and having knocked, immediately they might open to him.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Luke 12

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

³⁵ Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

³⁶ Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

³⁷ Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

³⁸ Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

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