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Luke 12:36-44 Amplified Bible (AMP)

36. And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

37. Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants whom the master finds awake and alert and watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them!

38. If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight), and finds them so, blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants!

39. But of this be assured: if the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming, he would have been awake and alert and watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through and broken into.

40. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it.

41. Peter said, Lord, are You telling this parable for us, or for all alike?

42. And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time?

43. Blessed (happy and to be envied) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives.

44. Truly I tell you, he will set him in charge over all his possessions.

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