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Luke 12:36

The return of ChristWaiting on God

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

35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

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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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
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.
ÅB
og vær dere slik som folk som venter på sin herre når han vil fare hjem fra bryllupet, for at de kan lukke opp for ham straks han kommer og banker på!
OTB
som tjenere som venter på at deres herre skal komme tilbake fra et bryllupsfest, slik at når han kommer og banker, kan de straks åpne døren for ham.
B1930
og vær I likesom folk som venter på sin herre når han vil fare hjem fra bryllupet, forat de kan lukke op for ham straks han kommer og banker på!

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  • Jude 1:20–21

    But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

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  • James 5:7–8

    Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

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  • Revelation 3:20

    Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

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  • Lamentations 3:25–26

    The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

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  • Isaiah 64:4

    From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

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  • Mark 13:34–37

    It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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  • Matthew 25:1–13

    “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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  • Luke 2:25–30

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

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