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Luke 12:37 KJV
Luke · chapter 12 · verse 37 · King James Version
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.Luke 12:37 · King James Version
Luke 12:37 in context
35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- watchinggrēgoreōto watch, metaph. give strict attention to, be cautious, active, to take heed lest…G1127 →
- Blessedmakariosblessed, happyG3107 →
- himselfperizōnnymito fasten garments with a girdle or belt, to gird one's self, metaph. with truth as a…G4024 →
- cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
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