Luke 12:35–36
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35zLet your loins be girded about, and ayour lights burning; 36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will breturn from cthe wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
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- zSee 1 Kin. 18:46.
- aSo Matt. 25:7, 8.
- bWisd. 2:1 (Gk.).
- cSee Matt. 22:2.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Be ready for service and have your lamps lit. You are to be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“You must be prepared for action and your lamps burning. And you, be like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes back and knocks, they can open the door for him immediately.
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