Luke 12:32-42

Listen to Luke 12:32-42

32 "¹Do not be afraid, ²little flock, for ³your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

33 "⁴Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, ⁵an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

34 "For ⁶where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Be in Readiness

35 "⁷Be dressed in ⁸readiness, and keep your lamps lit.

36 "Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

37 "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find ⁹on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that ¹⁰he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

38 "¹¹Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

39 "¹²But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be ¹³broken into.

40 "¹⁴You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."

41 Peter said, "Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or ¹⁵to everyone else as well?"

42 And ¹⁶the Lord said, "¹⁷Who then is the faithful and sensible ¹⁸steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?

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