Luke 12:35-40 - On The Alert For The Master's Return

³⁵ "Fasten your belts [i.e., get things ready], keep your lamps lit, ³⁶ and be like men expecting their master to return from the wedding reception, so that when he does come and knock [at the groom's house, See note on Matt. 25:1-12], they will immediately open [the door] to him. ³⁷ Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them. ³⁸ And if he comes between nine o'clock and midnight or between midnight and three o'clock in the morning and finds them being watchful, those slaves will be blessed [for doing so]. ³⁹ But you should realize this, if the owner of the house had known exactly when the burglar was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ So, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will return at a time when you least expect Him."