Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'?

Or what king, setting out to give battle to another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

When the supper was about ready, he sent his slave out to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is [now] ready.'

And he will go on before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare for the Lord a people made ready."

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."

But he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"

And sent messengers before his face, and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die.

And he will shew you a large upper-room furnished: there make ready.

And they went, and found as he had said to them. And they made ready the passover.

who appeared in glory, and mentioned his departure, which he was ready to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Then Zaccheus standing up, said unto the Lord, Behold, the half of my goods, Lord, I give unto the poor; and if I have got any thing from any man, by laying false informations, I am ready to restore fourfold.

And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what is the sign, when these things are ready to come to pass?

Watch therefore, praying at every proper opportunity, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are ready to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Then when they who were about him saw what was ready to happen, they said unto him, Lord, shall we strike with the sword?

and men ready to die for fear and apprehension of the things that are coming upon the land; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

And they made signals to their partners in the other vessels, that they should come to their assistance. And they came, and filled both the vessels, so that they were ready to founder.

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many'stripes ;

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.

And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready?

This is the one of whom it is written [by the prophet Malachi],

‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Then they went back and prepared spices and ointments and sweet-smelling herbs.

And on the Sabbath they rested in accordance with the commandment [forbidding work].

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [to finish anointing the body].

Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

“Be ready for service and have your lamps lit.

Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.

And he was ready to fill himself with the pods the pigs were eating, and no one would give him anything.