Luke 12:36
Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
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men.

Luke 2:25-30
Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. . . .

Genesis 49:18
I await Your salvation, O LORD.

Isaiah 64:4
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God but You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.

Lamentations 3:25, 26
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. . . .

Matthew 24:42-44
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. . . .

Mark 13:34-37
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. . . .

James 5:7, 8
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil--how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. . . .

2 Peter 1:13-15
I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body, . . .

Jude 1:20, 21
But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, . . .

return.

Matthew 22:1
Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

Matthew 25:1
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

when.

Song of Solomon 5:5, 6
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt. . . .

Revelation 3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

King James Bible
And 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

International Standard Version
Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.

NET Bible
be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Be like people waiting for their Lord when he will return from the wedding chamber, so that whenever he comes and knocks, they may open to him at once.”
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