Luke 12:35

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Call to Faithful Stewardship“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;

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  • Matt 25:4-9 : 4 But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps. 5 When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ 9 ‘No,’ they replied.‘There won’t be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • Prov 31:17 : 17 She clothed herself in might, and she strengthened her arms.
  • Isa 5:27 : 27 None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 Now the LORD energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
  • Isa 11:5 : 5 Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

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  • Luke 12:36-40
    5 verses
    83%

    36be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

    37Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

    38Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!

    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Matt 25:3-8
    6 verses
    76%

    3When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them.

    4But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

    5When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

    6But at midnight there was a shout,‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.’

    7Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

    8The foolish ones said to the wise,‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

  • Luke 11:33-36
    4 verses
    75%

    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • Luke 12:33-34
    2 verses
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    33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

    34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

  • Matt 5:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

  • Mark 13:33-37
    5 verses
    74%

    33Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.

    34It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert.

    35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn–

    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

    37What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”

  • Matt 25:1
    73%

    1The Parable of the Ten Virgins“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

  • Matt 24:42-44
    3 verses
    73%

    42“Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

    44Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • Rom 13:12
    73%

    12The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

  • Mark 13:16
    73%

    16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

  • John 12:35
    73%

    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • 1 Pet 1:13
    73%

    13Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

  • Eph 6:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,

    15by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace,

  • Matt 25:10
    72%

    10But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut.

  • Luke 12:45-46
    2 verses
    72%

    45But if that slave should say to himself,‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

    46then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

  • Luke 8:16
    72%

    16Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

  • Matt 24:18
    72%

    18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

  • Rev 16:15
    71%

    15(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)

  • Mark 4:21
    71%

    21The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?

  • Luke 21:36
    70%

    36But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

  • Exod 12:11
    70%

    11This is how you are to eat it– dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover.

  • Matt 6:22
    70%

    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

  • Luke 21:34
    70%

    34Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.

  • Luke 17:31
    70%

    31On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

  • Luke 12:3
    70%

    3So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

  • Luke 22:36
    70%

    36He said to them,“But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler’s bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

  • Rev 1:13
    69%

    13and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.