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Luk 12:36 — And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

men		Luk 2:25-30; Gen 49:18; Isa 64:4; Lam 3:25,26; Mat 24:42-44; Mar 13:34-37; Jam 5:7,8; 2Pe 1:13-15; Jud 1:20,21
return		Mat 22:1; etc.; Mat 25:1; etc.
when		Sgs 5:5,6; Rev 3:20

Correlating Passages

men

	Luk 2:25	And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
	Luk 2:26	And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
	Luk 2:27	And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
	Luk 2:28	Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
	Luk 2:29	Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
	Luk 2:30	For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
	Gen 49:18	I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
	Isa 64:4	For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
	Lam 3:25	The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
	Lam 3:26	[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
	Mat 24:42	Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
	Mat 24:43	But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
	Mat 24:44	Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
	Mar 13:34	[For the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
	Mar 13:35	Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
	Mar 13:36	Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
	Mar 13:37	And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
	Jam 5:7	Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
	Jam 5:8	Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
	2Pe 1:13	Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
	2Pe 1:14	Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
	2Pe 1:15	Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
	Jud 1:20	But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
	Jud 1:21	Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

return

	Mat 22:1	And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
	Mat 25:1	Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

when

	Sgs 5:5	I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
	Sgs 5:6	I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
	Rev 3:20	Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Luke 12:36," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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