Devine Scripture

Luke 12:37

Luke chapter 12 · verse 37 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

Context

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.

v.37This passage

v.38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Cross references

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

  • 2 Peter 1:11

    for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  • Philippians 1:23

    But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

  • Matthew 24:42

    Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

  • Luke 21:36

    But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Revelation 14:13

    And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

  • Matthew 24:45

    Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?