Luke 12:36 (LSB)

Passage

And 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.

Nearby Context

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

Luke 12:35 “Gird up your loins, and keep your lamps lit.

Luke 12:36 And 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.

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find awake when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

Luke 12:38 Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "waiting", "master", "returns", "wedding", "feast", "immediately", and "open". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "waiting", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "Gird up your loins and keep your..." into verse 37's "Blessed are those slaves whom the master...", so "like" and "waiting" 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 "waiting" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.