Luke 12:36 (DBY)

Passage

and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Nearby Context

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

Luke 12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

Luke 12:36 and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

Luke 12:38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "wait", "lord", "whenever", "leave", "wedding", "comes", and "knocks". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "wait", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "Let your loins be girded about and..." into verse 37's "Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord...", so "like" and "wait" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "like" and "wait" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.