Luke 12:35

Luke chapter 12 · verse 35 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

Context

v.34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

v.35This passage

v.36and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Philippians 2:15
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,
Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
Matthew 25:1
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 25:4
but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Matthew 5:16
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Isaiah 5:27
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: