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Luke 12:37

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert   when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready,   have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.

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Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.


Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day   your Lord is coming.


I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ   #– #which is far better   #– #


But as it is written, What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived – God has prepared these things for those who love him.   ,


Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so they will rest from their labours, since their works follow them.’


For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.


If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant   also will be.   If anyone serves me, the Father will honour   him.


But be alert at all times,   praying that you may have strength   to escape   all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.’


For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.


For the Lamb who is at the centre of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.


‘To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,   just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.


For me, to live is Christ  and to die is gain.


Instead, will he not tell him, “Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink”?


Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes.


The Lord your God is among you, a warrior  who saves. He will rejoice over you  with gladness. He will be quiet  in his love. He will delight in you with singing.’


I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.


You are to 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.


For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.


‘Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed   is the one who is alert and remains clothed   , so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.’





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