36like men 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.


In Context

33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

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

35 "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

36 like men 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.

37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night.

Luke 12:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:36And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:36and 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:36and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36And ye yourselves like men that wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:36and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:36And you yourselves like to men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.