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34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

Vigilant and Faithful Servants.[a] 35 (A)“Gird your loins and light your lamps 36 and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12:35–48 This collection of sayings relates to Luke’s understanding of the end time and the return of Jesus. Luke emphasizes for his readers the importance of being faithful to the instructions of Jesus in the period before the parousia.

34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(A)

Watchfulness(B)(C)

35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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