37 Blessed will be those servants the master finds alert(A) when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will get ready,[a] have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.(B) 38 If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn,[b] and finds them alert, blessed are those servants. 39 But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming,(C) he would not have let his house be broken into.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:37 Lit will gird himself
  2. 12:38 Lit even in the second or third watch

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