Luke 12:37

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.

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  • Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your Lorde doth come.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 And I hearde a voyce from heauen, saying vnto me, write: Blessed are the dead, which hereafter dye in the Lorde. Euen so sayth the spirite, that they rest from their laboures, and their workes folowe them.
  • John 13:4-5 : 4 He rose from supper, and layde asyde his vpper garmentes: And when he had taken a towel, he gyrded hym selfe. 5 After that, he powred water into a bason, and began to washe the disciples feete, and to wype them with the towel wherwith he was gyrded.
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.
  • Phil 1:21 : 21 For Christe is to me lyfe, and death is to me aduantage.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two, hauyng a desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which is much farre better.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept ye faith. 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghteousnesse, which the Lorde, the ryghteous iudge, shall geue me at that day: not to me only, but vnto the also yt haue loued his appearyng.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke. 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 2 Pet 1:11 : 11 Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe.
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Wherfore dearely beloued, seyng that ye loke for such thynges, be diligent that ye may be founde of hym in peace, without spot, and vndefyled:
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water, and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.
  • Rev 14:3-4 : 3 And they song as it were a newe song before the throne, and before the foure beastes, & the elders, and no man coulde learne that song, but the hundreth and fourtie & foure thousande, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with wome, for they are virgins: These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth: These were redeemed fro men, beyng the first fruites vnto God, and to the lambe.
  • Isa 62:5 : 5 And lyke as a young man taketh a virgin to mariage, so shal thy sonnes be maried vnto thee: and as a bridegrome is glad of his bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee.
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faithfully to plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soule.
  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue thee he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse.
  • Matt 24:45-47 : 45 Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season. 46 Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng. 47 Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.
  • Matt 25:20-23 : 20 And so, he that had receaued fyue talentes, came, and brought other fyue talentes, saying: Lorde, thou delyueredst vnto me fyue talentes, beholde, I haue gayned with them fyue talentes mo. 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde. 22 He also that had receaued two talentes, came, and sayde: Lorde thou delyueredst vnto me two talentes, beholde, I haue wonne two other taletes with them. 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Luke 12:43 : 43 Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.
  • Luke 17:8 : 8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.

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  • Luke 12:38-40
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    38And yf he come in the seconde watche, yea if he come in the thirde watche, and fynde them so, happye are those seruauntes.

    39This vnderstande, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be dygged through.

    40Be ye therfore redy also, for ye sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not.

  • Luke 12:42-47
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    42And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?

    43Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

    44Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

    45But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken,

    46The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

    47And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

  • Luke 12:35-36
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    35Let your loynes be girde about, and your lyghtes brennyng,

    36And ye your selues like vnto men, that wayte for their Lorde, when he wyll returne from the weddyng, that when he commeth, and knocketh, they maye open vnto hym immediatly.

  • Matt 24:42-51
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    42Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your Lorde doth come.

    43Of this yet be sure, that yf the good man of the house, knewe what watche the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be broken vp.

    44Therfore, be ye also redy: for in such an houre as ye thynke not, the sonne of man commeth.

    45Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.

    46Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his Lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

    48But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng:

    49And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken:

    50The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of:

    51And shall hewe hym in peeces, & geue hym his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth.

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    7But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

    9Doth he thanke that seruaunt, because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym? I trowe not.

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    34As a man which is gone into a straunge countrey, and hath left his house, and geuen auctoritie to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche:

    35Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng.)

    36Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng.

    37And that I say vnto you, I say vnto all, watche.

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    19After a long season, the Lorde of those seruauntes commeth, and reckeneth with them.

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    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

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    15When one of them, that sate at meate also, hearde these thynges, he sayde vnto hym: Happy is he that eateth bread in the kyngdome of God.

    16Then sayde he vnto hym. A certayne man ordayned a great supper, and bad many,

    17And sent his seruaunt at supper tyme, to say to them that were bydden, come, for all thynges are nowe redy.

  • Luke 19:12-13
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    12He sayde therfore: A certayne noble man went into a farre countrey, to receaue for hym selfe a kyngdome, and to come agayne.

    13And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come.

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    21And the seruaunt returned, & shewed his maister these thynges. Then was the good man of the house displeased, & sayde to his seruaunt: Go out quickly into the brode streates and lanes of the citie, and bryng in hyther the poore, and the feeble, and the halt, and the blynde.

  • Matt 22:3-4
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    3And sent foorth his seruauntes, to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they woulde not come.

    4Agayne, he sent foorth other seruauntes, saying: Tell them which are bidden, beholde, I haue prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled, and all thynges are redy: come vnto the mariage.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Watch therfore, for ye knowe neither the day, nor yet the houre, wherin the sonne of man shall come.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15And it came to passe, that whe he had receaued his kyngdome and returned, he commaunded these seruauntes to be called vnto him, to whom he had geuen the money, to wyt howe muche euery man had done in occupying.

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    24For I say vnto you, that none of those men which were bydden, shall taste of my supper.

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    26If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.

  • Matt 25:30-31
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    30And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt into vtter darknesse, there shalbe wepyng, and gnasshyng of teeth.

    31When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.

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    15Beholde, I come as a theefe. Happie is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes, lest he walke naked, and men see his fylthynesse.

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    23Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen, lykened vnto a certayne man, that was a kyng, which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes.

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    10And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp.

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    40When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth, what wyll he do vnto those husbande men?