Luke 12:36

A Conservative Version

and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him.

Cross References

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

Isaiah 64:4

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides thee, [what] he has prepared for him who waits for him.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Luke 12:35

Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.

Revelation 19:7

We should be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself.