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Luke 12:36

The return of ChristWaiting on God

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

35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

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.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

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

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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 ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,

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  • James 5:7–8

    Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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  • Revelation 3:20

    Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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  • Lamentations 3:25–26

    The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

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  • Isaiah 64:4

    For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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  • Mark 13:34–37

    For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

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  • Matthew 25:1–13

    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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  • Luke 2:25–30

    And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

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