Luke 12:38

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 25:6 : 6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-5 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: 5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

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

    36and 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.

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  • Luke 12:42-47
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    42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

    44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

    45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

    46the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

    47And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes] ;

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. [

    40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Matt 24:42-51
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    42Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

    43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

    45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

    46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

    47Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

    48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

    49and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

    50the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

    51and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 13:33-37
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    33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

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    35Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

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    13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

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    19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

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    37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?

    38Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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