KJV King James Version
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
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