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Luke 12:38
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
Luke 12:38 · World English Bible
Luke 12:38 in other translations
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
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In context
35 “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
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