Luke 12:36 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 12:36

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

The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant

35 ^a“Let your waist be girded and ^byour lamps burning;

36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

37 ^aBlessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.

38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39 ^aBut know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would¹ have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.

40 ^aTherefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

41 Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?”

42 And the Lord said, ^a“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food¹ in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

44 ^aTruly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.

45 ^aBut if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

46 the master of that servant will come on a ^aday when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And ^athat servant who ^bknew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 ^aBut he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

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49 ^a“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50 But ^aI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is ^baccomplished!

Verse Comparison: Luke 12:36

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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.

Amplified® Bible
And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Contemporary English Version
just like those servants who wait up for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he comes and knocks, they open the door for him.

Darby English Version
and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Good News Bible
like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.

International Standard Version
Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him.

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.

New American Standard Bible
"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.

New International Version
like men 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.

New King James Version
and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Act like men who wait 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.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

New English Translation
be like people¹ waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration,² so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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