Luke 12:37
Happy those servants, whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching! Verily, I say unto you—he will gird himself, and make them recline, and, coming near, will minister unto them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
38And, if, in the second, or if, in the third, watch, he come and find, thus, happy, are, they!
Cross References
Isaiah 62:5For a young man marrieth, a virgin, Thy sons marry thee! And the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride—Thy God, rejoiceth over thee.
Zephaniah 3:17Yahweh, thy God, in the midst of thee, as a mighty one, will save,—will be glad over thee with rejoicing, will be silent in his love, will exult over thee with shouts of triumph.
Matthew 24:45Who then is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master hath appointed over his household, to give them food in season?
Luke 12:43Happy, that servant, whom the lord, when he cometh shall find doing, thus!
Luke 21:36But be watching in every season, making supplication, that ye may gain full vigour, to escape all these things that are about to be coming to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
John 13:4rouseth himself out of the supper, and layeth aside his garments, and taking a linen cloth, 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 →