Luke 12:38

World English Bible (2000)

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 25:6 : 6 But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
  • 1 Thess 5:4-5 : 4 But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. 5 You are all children of light, and children of the day. We don't belong to the night, nor to darkness,

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  • Luke 12:35-37
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    35"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

    36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

    37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

  • Luke 12:42-47
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    42The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

    43Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

    44Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

    45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

    46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

    47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will 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 allowed his house to be broken into.

    40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • Matt 24:42-51
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    42Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

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

    44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

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

    46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

    47Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

    48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

    49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

    50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

    51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

  • Mark 13:33-37
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    33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

    34"It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    35Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

    36lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

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    15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame."

  • Matt 25:13
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    13Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

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    19"Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

  • Mark 14:37-38
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    37He came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?

    38Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'

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    41He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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    13He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'

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    12Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.

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    40He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

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    6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

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    21"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'

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    40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

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    23Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

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    10While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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    36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

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    8I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"

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    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

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    43He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

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    6About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'