Luke 12:35-48 Three References to the Parousia.
Luke 12:35-38 (with Luke 12:47 f.). The Need of Watchfulness. These verses, like Luke 13:25, are clearly akin in thought to Mt.'s parable of the Ten Bridesmaids (cf. also Mark 13:33-37)* Loisy thinks we have here reminiscences and echoes of that parable; Wellhausen thinks Lk.'s form the earlier; the fermentation in Lk. has in Mt. settled down and disappeared. But it is quite possible that Mt. and Lk. are independent of each other here, especially if we disregard the return from the marriage feast in Luke 12:36. Certainly the main point is the other feast prepared for the faithful servants. This is the true Messianic banquet. If we retain the first feast as well, it must mean the joy of heaven from which the Messiah returns.
Luke 12:38 f. Be Ready (Matthew 24:43 f.*).