Luke 12:36 (YLT)

Passage

and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

Nearby Context

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

Luke 12:35 `Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

Luke 12:36 and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

Luke 12:37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

Luke 12:38 and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find <FI>it<Fi> so, happy are those servants.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "like", "waiting", "lord", "shall", "return", "wedding", "feasts", and "having". 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 "Let your loins be girded and the..." into verse 37's "Happy those servants whom the lord having...", 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.