36 You are to be like people waiting for their master(A) to return from the wedding banquet(B) so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.(C) 37 Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert(D) when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready,[a] have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.(E) 38 If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn,[b] and finds them alert, blessed are those servants.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:37 Lit will gird himself
  2. 12:38 Lit even in the second or third watch

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