Luke 12:36

Coverdale Bible (1535)

and be ye like vnto men that wayte for their lorde, agaynst he returne from the mariage, that whan he cometh & knocketh, they maye straight waye open vnto him.

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  • Rev 3:20 : 20 Beholde, I stonde at the doore & knocke. Yf eny man heare my voyce and vpen the dore, I wil come in vnto him and will suppe with him, & he with me.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 LORDE I loke for thy saluacion.
  • Song 5:5-6 : 5 so that I stode vp to open vnto my beloued. My hades dropped wt Myrre, & the Myrre ranne downe my fyngers vpon ye lock. 6 Neuerthelesse wha I had opened vnto my beloued, he was departed, and gone his waye. Now like as afore tyme whan he spake, my hert coude no longer refrayne: Euen so now I sought hi, but I coude not fynde him: I cried vpon him, neuerthelesse he gaue me no answere.
  • Isa 64:4 : 4 For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none (excepte thou o God) that herde or perceaued, nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for the, that put their trust in the.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 O how good is the LORDE vnto the, that put their trust in him, and to the soule that seketh after him? 26 O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie, for the health of the LORDE?
  • Matt 22:1-9 : 1 And Iesus answered, and spake vnto the agayne by parables, & sayde: 2 The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge, which maried his sonne. 3 And sent forth his seruauntes, to call the gestes vnto the mariage, & they wolde not come. 4 Agayne, he sent forth other seruauntes, and sayde: Tell the gestes: Beholde, I haue prepared my dynner, myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled, and all thinges are readye, come to the mariage. 5 But they made light of it, and wente their wayes: one to his hussbandrye, another to his marchaundise. 6 As for the remnaut, they toke his seruauntes, and intreated the shamefully, and slew the. 7 When the kynge herde that, he was wroth, and sent forth his warryers, and destroyed those murtherers, and set fyre vpon their cite. 8 Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes: The mariage in dede is prepared, but the gestes were not worthy. 9 Go youre waye out therfore in to ye hye wayes, and as many as ye fynde, byd them to the mariage. 10 And the seruauntes wete out in to the hye wayes, and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde, both good and bad, & the tables were all full. 11 Then the kynge wete in, to se the gestes, and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment, 12 and sayde vnto him: Frende, how camest thou in hither, & hast not on a weddyinge garment? And he was euen spechlesse. 13 Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes: Take and bynde him hande and fote, & cast him into ye vtter darcknes: there shal be waylinge and gnasshinge of teth. 14 For many be called, but few are chose.
  • Matt 24:42-44 : 42 Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come. 43 But be sure of this, that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come, he wolde surely watch, and not suffre his house to be broken vp. 44 Therfore be ye ready also, for in the houre that ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.
  • Matt 25:1-9 : 1 Then shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins, which toke their lapes, and wente forth to mete the brydegome. 2 But fyue of them were foolish, and fyue were wyse. 3 The foolish toke their lapes, neuertheles they toke none oyle with them. 4 But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. 5 Now whyle the brydegrome taried, they slombred all and slepte. 6 But at mydnight there was a crye made: Beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for to mete him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes. 8 But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out. 9 Then answered the wyse, and sayde: Not so, lest there be not ynough for vs and you, but go rather vnto them that sell, and bye for youre selues. 10 And whyle they wente to bye, the brydegrome came: and they that were readye, wente in with him vnto the mariage, and the gate was shut vp. 11 At ye last came ye other virgins also, and sayde: LORDE LORDE, opo vnto vs. 12 But he answered, and sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: I knowe you not. 13 Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre, whan ye sonne of man shal come.
  • Mark 13:34-37 : 34 Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre, and left his house, and gaue his seruauntes auctorite, vnto euery one his worke, and commaunded ye porter, that he shulde watch. 35 Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe not wha the master of ye house cometh, whether he cometh in the euenynge, or at mydnight, or aboute the cock crowynge, or in the mornynge 36 that he come not sodenly, and fynde you slepynge. 37 Loke what I saye vnto you, that saye I vnto all. Watch.
  • Luke 2:25-30 : 25 And beholde, there was a man (at Ierusale) whose name was Symeon, and the same ma was iust, and feared God, and loged for the consolacion of Israel, and the holy goost was in him. 26 And an answere was geue him of the holy goost, that he shulde not se death, before he had sene ye LORDES Christ. 27 And he came by inspiracion in to the teple.And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus in to the temple, to do for him after ye custome of the lawe, 28 then toke he him vp in his armes, and praysed God, and sayde: 29 LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse. 30 For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure,
  • Jas 5:7-8 : 7 Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the comynge of the LORDE. Beholde, the hussbade man wayteth for the precious frute of ye earth, and hath longe pacience there vpon, vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne. 8 Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle youre hertes, for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-15 : 13 Notwithstondinge I thinke it mete, as loge as I am in this tabernacle, to stere you vp by puttinge you in remembraunce. 14 For I am sure, that I must shortly put of my tabernacle, euen as oure LORDE Iesus Christ hath shewed vnto me. 15 Yet wyl I do my diligece, that allwaye after my departynge ye maye haue wherwith to kepe these thinges in remembraunce.
  • Jude 1:20-21 : 20 But ye derlye beloued, edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith, prayenge in the holy goost, 21 and kepe youre selues in the loue of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

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    40Therfore be ye ready also, for at an houre whan ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.

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    35Watch ye therfore, for ye knowe not wha the master of ye house cometh, whether he cometh in the euenynge, or at mydnight, or aboute the cock crowynge, or in the mornynge

    36that he come not sodenly, and fynde you slepynge.

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