Luke 12:37
Happy are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching; truly do I say to you, that he will gird himself, and place them at table, and will come and wait on them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
38And if in the second, or if in the third watch, he cometh and findeth them thus, happy are they.
Cross References
Isaiah 62:5For as a young man weddeth a virgin. So shall thy children wed thee. And as a bridegroom rejoiceth in his bride, So shall thy God rejoice in thee.
Zephaniah 3:17Jehovah thy God will be in the midst of thee; The mighty one will save thee. He will rejoice over thee with gladness; He will pardon thee in his love; He will exult over thee with singing.
Matthew 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord placed over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Luke 12:43Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Luke 21:36But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
John 13:4riseth from the supper, and layeth aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself.
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 →