Luke 12:36

World English Bible (WEB)

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

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

35 “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

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

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

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

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Luke 12:36 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
KJV King James Version: And 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
ASV American Standard Version: and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
DBY Darby Translation: and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
WBS Webster Bible: And ye yourselves like men that wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.