Luke 12:36
And, ye yourselves, like unto men awaiting their own lord, once he may break up out of the marriage-feast,—that, when he cometh and knocketh, straightway, they may open unto him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
35Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning,
Cross References
Song of Solomon 5:5I myself, arose, to open to my beloved,—and, my hands, dripped with myrrh, and, my fingers, with myrrh distilling, upon the handles of the bolt.
Lamentations 3:25Good is Yahweh, to them who wait for him, to the soul that will seek him;
Matthew 24:42Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, on what manner of day, your Lord is coming.
Mark 13:34As a man from home—having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work,—and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch:—
James 5:7Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the Presence of the Lord:—Lo! the husbandman, awaiteth the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it, until it receive the early and the latter rain:
Jude 1:20But, ye, beloved! building yourselves up in your most holy faith, in Holy Spirit, praying,
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 →