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  • Luke 12:37
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 37 Happy are those slaves whom the master on coming finds watching! Truly I say to you, he will dress* himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come alongside and minister to them.

  • Luke 12:37
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 37 μακάριοι Happy οἱ the δοῦλοι slaves ἐκεῖνοι, those, οὓς whom ἐλθὼν having come ὁ the κύριος lord εὑρήσει will find γρηγοροῦντας· keeping awake; ἀμὴν amen λέγω I am saying ὑμῖν to YOU ὅτι that περιζώσεται he will gird himself καὶ and ἀνακλινεῖ he will make recline αὐτοὺς them καὶ and παρελθὼν having come alongside διακονήσει he will serve αὐτοῖς. to them.

  • Luke 12:37
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 37 Happy are those slaves whom the master on arriving finds watching!+ Truly I say to YOU, He will gird+ himself and make them recline at the table and will come alongside and minister to them.+

  • Luke 12:37
    The Bible in Living English
    • 37 Happy are those servants whom the master, when he comes, shall find awake: I tell you verily he will put on an apron and send them to the table and come and wait on them.

  • Luke 12:37
    American Standard Version
    • 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 sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

  • Luke 12:37
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 37 Happy those servants whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching! Verily I say unto you—He will gird himself and make them recline, and coming near will minister unto them.

  • Luke 12:37
    King James Version
    • 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.

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 12:37 it-1 219; gt chapter 78; w88 10/1 9

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:37 w84 12/1 11-17, 19; w78 11/15 24-25; w75 716-717; ad 165; w66 470; w61 539; w44 280; w42 165

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 12:37

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 219

      The Watchtower,

      10/1/1988, p. 9

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 12:37

      he will dress himself for service: Lit., “he will gird himself.”​—See study notes on Lu 12:35; 17:8.

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