New American Standard Bible 1995
Luke 12:32-40
321Do not be afraidG5399, 2littleG3398 flockG4168, for 3your FatherG3962 has chosenG2106 gladlyG2106 to giveG1325 you the kingdomG932.
33“4SellG4453 your possessionsG5225 and giveG1325 to charityG1654; makeG4160 yourselvesG1438 moneyG905 beltsG905 which do not wearG3822 out, 5an unfailingG413 treasureG2344 in heavenG3772, whereG3699 noG3756 thiefG2812 comesG1448 nearG1448 norG3761 mothG4597 destroysG1311. 34For 6whereG3699 your treasureG2344 is, thereG1563 your heartG2588 will be alsoG2532.
35“78Be dressedG4024 in 9readinessG4024, and keep your lampsG3088 litG2545. 36Be likeG3664 menG444 who are waitingG4327 for their masterG2962 whenG4219 he returnsG360 from the weddingG1062 feastG1062, soG2443 that they may immediatelyG2112 openG455 the door to him when he comesG2064 and knocksG2925. 37BlessedG3107 are thoseG1565 slavesG1401 whomG3739 the masterG2962 will findG2147 10on the alertG1127 when he comesG2064; trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, that 11he will girdG4024 himself to serve, and have them reclineG347 at the table, and will comeG3928 up and waitG1247 on them. 3812WhetherG2579 he comesG2064 in the 13secondG1208 watchG5438, orG2579 evenG2579 in the 14thirdG5154, and findsG2147 them soG3779, blessedG3107 are thoseG1565 slaves.
39“15But 16be sureG1097 of thisG3778, that ifG1487 the headG3617 of the houseG3617 had knownG3609 at whatG4169 hourG5610 the thiefG2812 was comingG2064, he would not have allowedG863 his houseG3624 to be 1718brokenG1358 into. 4019You tooG2532, be readyG2092; for the SonG5207 of ManG444 is comingG2064 at an hourG5610 that you do not 20expectG1380.”
Notes
- 1. Luke 12:32 Matt 14:27 ↩
- 2. Luke 12:32 John 21:15-17 ↩
- 3. Luke 12:32 Eph 1:5, 9 ↩
- 4. Luke 12:33 Matt 19:21; Luke 11:41; 18:22 ↩
- 5. Luke 12:33 Matt 6:20; Luke 12:21 ↩
- 6. Luke 12:34 Matt 6:21 ↩
- 7. Luke 12:35 Lit Let your loins be girded ↩
- 8. Luke 12:35 Matt 25:1ff ↩
- 9. Luke 12:35 Eph 6:14; 1 Pet 1:13 ↩
- 10. Luke 12:37 Matt 24:42 ↩
- 11. Luke 12:37 Luke 17:8; John 13:4 ↩
- 12. Luke 12:38 Matt 24:43 ↩
- 13. Luke 12:38 I.e. 9 p.m. to midnight ↩
- 14. Luke 12:38 I.e. midnight to 3 a.m. ↩
- 15. Luke 12:39 Luke 12:39, 40: Matt 24:43, 44 ↩
- 16. Luke 12:39 Lit know ↩
- 17. Luke 12:39 Lit dug through ↩
- 18. Luke 12:39 Matt 6:19 ↩
- 19. Luke 12:40 Mark 13:33; Luke 21:36 ↩
- 20. Luke 12:40 Lit think, suppose ↩
Commentaries on Luke 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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