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Luke 12:37

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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.

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.

39 But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
ASV
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 sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
DARBY
Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
BLB
Blessed [are] those servants whom, having come, the master will find watching. Truly I say to you⁺ that he will gird himself and will make them recline, and having come up, will serve them.
ÅB
Salige er de tjenere som herren finner våkne når han kommer. Sannelig sier jeg dere: Han skal binde opp om seg og la dem sette seg til bords og gå fram og tjene dem.
OTB
Salige er de tjenere som herren finner våkne når han kommer. Sannelig sier jeg dere, han vil kle seg for å tjene, la dem lene seg tilbake ved bordet, og vil komme og tjene dem.
B1930
Salige er de tjenere som herren finner våkne når han kommer. Sannelig sier jeg eder: Han skal binde op om sig og la dem sette sig til bords og gå frem og tjene dem.

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