Luke 12:38

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if he come in the seconde watch, or come in the third watch, and shall finde them so, blessed are those seruants.

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  • Matt 25:6 : 6 And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
  • 1 Thess 5:4-5 : 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shal come on you, as it were a thiefe. 5 Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

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  • Luke 12:35-37
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    35Let your loynes be gird about and your lights burning,

    36And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their master, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediatly.

    37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.

  • Luke 12:42-47
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    42And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?

    43Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

    44Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.

    45But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken,

    46The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

    47And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    39Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.

    40Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

  • Matt 24:42-51
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    42Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come.

    43Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

    45Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?

    46Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

    47Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.

    48But if that euil seruant shal say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,

    49And begin to smite his fellowes, & to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

    50That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

    51And will cut him off, & giue him his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe weeping, and gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 13:33-37
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    33Take heede: watch, and praie: for yee knowe not when the time is.

    34For the Sonne of man is as a man going into a strange countrey, & leaueth his house, & giueth authoritie to his seruaunts, and to euery man his woorke, and commandeth the porter to watch.

    35Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)

    36Least if he come suddenly, he should finde you sleeping.

    37And those things that I say vnto you, I say vnto all men, Watch.

  • Rev 16:15
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    15( Beholde, I come as a theefe. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, least hee walke naked, and men see his filthines)

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.

  • Matt 25:19
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    19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.

  • Mark 14:37-38
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    37Then hee came, and founde them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest not thou watche one houre?

    38Watch ye, and pray, that ye enter not into tentation: the spirite in deede is ready, but the flesh is weake.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

    8And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?

  • Mark 14:41
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    41And he came the third time, and said vnto them, Sleepe henceforth, and take your rest: it is ynough: the houre is come: beholde, the Sonne of man is deliuered into the hands of sinners.

  • Luke 19:13
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    13And he called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pieces of money, and sayd vnto them, Occupie till I come.

  • Dan 12:12
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    12Blessed is he that waiteth & commeth to the thousand, three hundreth & fiue & thirtie daies.

  • Matt 26:40
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    40After, hee came vnto the disciples, and founde them a sleepe, and sayde to Peter, What? Coulde yee not watch with me one houre?

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    2And at the time, he sent to the husbandmen a seruant, that he might receiue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyard.

  • Matt 25:6
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    6And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15And it came to passe, when hee was come againe, and had receiued his kingdome, that he commanded the seruants to be called to him, to whome he gaue his money, that he might knowe what euery man had gained.

  • Luke 14:21
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    21So that seruaunt returned, and shewed his master these thinges. Then was the good man of the house angrie, and said to his seruant, Goe out quickely into the streetes and lanes of the citie, and bring in hither the poore, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blinde.

  • Matt 21:40
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    40When therefore the Lorde of the vineyarde shall come, what will hee doe to those husbandmen?

  • Matt 18:23
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    23Thereefore is the kingdome of heauen likened vnto a certaine King, which would take an account of his seruants.

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    10And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

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    3Remember therefore, how thou hast receiued and heard, & hold fast & repent. If therefore thou wilt not watch, I will come on thee as a thiefe, and thou shalt not know what houre I wil come vpo thee.

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    36Watche therefore, and pray continually, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these thinges that shall come to passe, and that ye may stand before the Sonne of man.

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    8I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?

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    9What shall then the Lord of the vineyard doe? He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and giue the vineyard to others.

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    43And he came, and founde them a sleepe againe, for their eyes were heauie.

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    6And he went about the eleuenth houre, and found other standing idle, & sayd vnto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?