Luke 12:36
like servants waiting for their master when he returns from his wedding feast, prepared to open the door quickly for him when he comes and knocks.
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In Context
35Be dressed and ready, and keep your lamps lit,
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:5I got up to let my love in. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, as I grabbed the handles of the bolt.
Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow him.
Matthew 24:42So stay alert, because you don't know what day your Lord is coming.
Mark 13:34It's like a man who went away on a journey. He left his house, and gave each of his servants the authority to do what he told them. He told the doorkeeper to stay awake.
James 5:7Friends, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Think of the farmer waiting patiently for the earth's precious harvest as it grows with the early and later rains.
Jude 1:20But you, my friends, are to build yourselves up through your trust in God. Pray in the Holy Spirit,
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:23-41
Inordinate Care Reproved. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that… Read the whole commentary →