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.


In Context

33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

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

35 |Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

36 Be 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.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:36like 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.

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 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.