Loading...

Change Translation

Loading...
  • Recent Translations
  • All Translations

Luke 12:34-44

Listen to Luke 12:34-44
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

On the Alert for the Master’s Return

35 "{You must be prepared for action} and [your] lamps burning.
36 And you, [be] like people who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that [when he] comes back and knocks, they can open [the door] for him immediately.
37 Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.
38 Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!
39 But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."

A Faithful Slave and an Unfaithful Slave

41 And Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?"
42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful wise manager whom the master will put in charge over his servants to give [them] [their] food allowance at the right time?
43 Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.
44 Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Images for Luke 12:34-44

Footnotes 11

  • [a] Literally "your loins must be girded"
  • [b] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  • [c] Or perhaps simply "feast"
  • [d] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("comes back")
  • [e] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [f] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("will come by") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [g] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [h] *The words "[he will come]" are not in the Greek text but are implied
  • [i] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [j] *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  • [k] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("comes back") which is understood as temporal
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.

Study Tools

PLUS

Unlock Notes

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Unlock Highlights

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Unlock Bookmarks

This feature is for PLUS subscribers only. Join PLUS today to access these tools and more.

JOIN PLUS

Track Your Reading

Create a free account to start a reading plan, or join PLUS to unlock our full suite of premium study tools.

Already have an account? Sign in