Luke 12:38

If he comes in the second watch or the third watch and finds them doing so, blessed are those servants.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

In Context

37Blessed are those servants whom their master finds keeping watch when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table, and he will come and serve them.

39But know this: If the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:6But in the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him.’

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 →

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