Luke 12:35
“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
In Context
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Cross References
Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before others in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matthew 25:4but the wise took oil in their flasks along with their lamps.
Ephesians 6:14Stand firm therefore by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
1 Peter 1:13Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
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 →