Luke 12:36 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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

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

Luke 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.

Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yourselves", "like", "wait", "lord", "return", "wedding", "cometh", and "knocketh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yourselves" and "like", 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 servants whom the lord...", so "yourselves" and "like" 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 "yourselves" and "like" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.