Luke 12:37

Good News Translation

How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them.

Cross References

Isaiah 62:5

Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, So your God will delight in you.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will take pleasure in doing good things for them, and I will establish them permanently in this land.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you; his power gives you victory. The Lord will take delight in you, and in his love he will give you new life. He will sing and be joyful over you,

Matthew 24:42

Watch out, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come.

Luke 12:36

like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.

Luke 12:43

How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!

Luke 17:8

Of course not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my supper ready, then put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may have your meal.’

Luke 21:36

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Luke 22:27

Who is greater, the one who sits down to eat or the one who serves? The one who sits down, of course. But I am among you as one who serves.

John 12:26

Whoever wants to serve me must follow me, so that my servant will be with me where I am. And my Father will honor anyone who serves me.

1 Corinthians 2:9

However, as the scripture says, “What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him.”

Philippians 1:21

For what is life? To me, it is Christ. Death, then, will bring more.

Philippians 1:23

I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;

2 Peter 1:11

In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:14

And so, my friends, as you wait for that Day, do your best to be pure and faultless in God's sight and to be at peace with him.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Happy are those who from now on die in the service of the Lord!” “Yes indeed!” answers the Spirit. “They will enjoy rest from their hard work, because the results of their service go with them.”

Revelation 16:15

“Listen! I am coming like a thief! Happy is he who stays awake and guards his clothes, so that he will not walk around naked and be ashamed in public!”

Revelation 3:21

To those who win the victory I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and now sit by my Father on his throne.

Revelation 7:17

because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”