Luke 12:36 Cross References - Goodspeed

³⁶ like men waiting for their master to come home from a wedding, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

¹ And Jesus spoke to them again in figures, and said, ² "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king, who gave a wedding banquet for his son. ³ And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, and they would not come. ⁴ He sent other slaves a second time, and said to them, 'Tell those who have been asked, "Here I have my banquet all ready, my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!" ' ⁵ But they took no notice of it, and went off, one to his estate, and another to his business, ⁶ and the rest seized his slaves, and ill treated them and killed them. ⁷ This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city. ⁸ Then he said to his slaves, 'The banquet is ready, but those who were invited have proved unworthy of it. ⁹ So go out where the roads leave the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.' ¹⁰ So his slaves went out on the roads, and got together all the people they could find, good or bad, and the hall was filled with guests. ¹¹ But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw among them a man who did not have on wedding clothes. ¹² And he said to him, 'My friend, how did you happen to come here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say. ¹³ Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness, there to weep and grind his teeth.' ¹⁴ For many are invited but few chosen."

⁴² So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming. ⁴³ But you may be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore you must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him.

¹ "Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Now five of them were foolish and five were sensible. ³ For the foolish ones brought their lamps but brought no oil with them, ⁴ but the sensible ones with their lamps brought oil in their flasks. ⁵ As the bridegroom was slow in coming, they all grew drowsy and fell asleep. ⁶ But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!' ⁷ Then all the bridesmaids awoke, and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ But the sensible ones answered, 'There may not be enough for us and you. You had better go to the dealers and buy yourselves some.' ¹⁰ But while they were gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was closed. ¹¹ Afterward the other bridesmaids came and said, 'Sir! Sir! Open the door for us!' ¹² But he answered, 'I tell you, I do not know you!' ¹³ So you must be on the watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

³⁴ just as a man when he leaves home to go on a journey, and puts his slaves in charge, each with his duties, gives orders to the watchman to keep watch. ³⁵ So you must be on the watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening or at midnight or toward daybreak or early in the morning— ³⁶ for fear he should come unexpectedly and find you asleep. ³⁷ And what I am telling you I mean for all—Be on the watch!"

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit. ²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah. ²⁷ And under the Spirit's influence he went into the Temple, and when Jesus' parents brought him there to do for him what the Law required, ²⁸ Symeon also took him in his arms and blessed God, and said, ²⁹ "Now, Master, you will let your slave go free In peace, as you promised, ³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation

⁷ So be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer has to wait for the precious crop from the ground, and be patient with it, until it gets the early and the late rains. ⁸ You must have patience too; you must keep up your courage, for the coming of the Lord is close at hand.

¹³ Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder, ¹⁴ for I know that I must soon put it away, as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. ¹⁵ I will also take care that after I am gone you will be able at any time to call these things to mind.

²⁰ But you, dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit, ²¹ and keep in the love of God, and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, to bring you to eternal life.

²⁰ Here I stand knocking at the door. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I will be his guest and dine with him, and he with me.