Luke 12:35
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Luke 12:35
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"Be dressed in readiness, and {keep} your lamps lit.
Luke 12:36
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~"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.
Luke 12:37
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~"Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself {to serve,} and have them recline {at the table,} and will come up and wait on them.
Luke 12:38
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~"Whether he comes in the (I.e. 9 p.m. to midnight) second watch, or even in the (I.e. midnight to 3 a.m.) third, and finds {them} so, blessed are those {slaves.}
Luke 12:39
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"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Luke 12:40
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~"You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."
Luke 12:41
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Peter said, "Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone {else} as well?"
Luke 12:42
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And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
Luke 12:43
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~"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
Luke 12:44
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~"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
Luke 12:45
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~"But if that slave says in his heart, `My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, {both} men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
Luke 12:46
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the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect {him} and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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