Luke 12:37

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

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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.

39 But 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.

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Luke 12:37 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: 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.
KJV 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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
ASV American Standard 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 sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
DBY Darby Translation: Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
WBS Webster Bible: Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.