Luke 12:36

New American Bible - revised edition

and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.

Cross References

Revelation 3:20

“‘“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, [then] I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me.

Isaiah 64:4

Would that you might meet us doing right, that we might be mindful of you in our ways! Indeed, you are angry; we have sinned, we have acted wickedly.

Genesis 49:18

“I long for your deliverance, O Lord!

Luke 12:35

“Gird your loins and light your lamps

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory. For the wedding day of the Lamb has come, his bride has made herself ready.