Luke 12:36
and be yourselves like men waiting for the return of their lord from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:5I rose up to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with self-flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
Lamentations 3:25Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Matthew 24:42Watch, therefore, for ye know not on what day your Lord is coming.
Mark 13:34As a man going abroad, having left his house and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter to watch,
James 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.
Jude 1:20But do ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying 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 →