Luke 12:37

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Luke 12:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible

35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

39 But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

Matthew 24:47

Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:21

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:22

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

Matthew 25:23

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:23

I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

2 Timothy 4:7

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:8

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1 Peter 5:1

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1 Peter 5:2

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

1 Peter 5:3

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

2 Peter 1:11

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2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Jeremiah 32:41

Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

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So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.

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Revelation 14:3

And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

Revelation 14:4

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.