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Luke 12:35-38 CEV . . .Be ready and keep your lamps burning (36) just like those servants who wait up for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he comes and knocks, they open the door for him. (37) Servants are fortunate if their master finds them awake and ready when he comes! I promise you that he will get ready and have his servants sit down so he can serve them. (38) Those servants are really fortunate if their master finds them ready, even though he comes late at night or early in the morning.
Luke 12:35-38 GW . . ."Be ready for action, and have your lamps burning. (36) Be like servants waiting to open the door at their master's knock when he returns from a wedding. (37) Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I can guarantee this truth: He will change his clothes, make them sit down at the table, and serve them. (38) They will be blessed if he comes in the middle of the night or toward morning and finds them awake.
Luke 12:35-38 GNB . . ."Be ready for whatever comes, dressed for action and with your lamps lit, (36) like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once. (37) How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them. (38) How happy they are if he finds them ready, even if he should come at midnight or even later!
Luke 12:35-38 ESV . . ."Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, (36) and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. (37) Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. (38) If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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