Luke 12:45

43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
KJV
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
WEB
But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
ASV
But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
DARBY
But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
BLB
But if that servant should say in his heart, ‘My master delays to come,’ and should begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to get drunk,
ÅB
Men dersom denne tjener sier i sitt hjerte: Min herre drøyer med å komme, og så gir seg til å slå drengene og pikene og å spise og drikke og fylle seg,
OTB
Men hvis den tjeneren sier i sitt hjerte, ‘Min herre drøyer med å komme,’ og begynner å slå de andre tjenerne, både menn og kvinner, og å spise og drikke og bli full,
B1930
Men dersom denne tjener sier i sitt hjerte: Min herre dryger med å komme, og så gir sig til å slå drengene og pikene og å ete og drikke og fylle sig,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 24:48–50

    But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

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  • Revelation 18:7–8

    As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

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  • Ezekiel 34:8

    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

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  • Jeremiah 20:2

    he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 12:22

    “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

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  • Matthew 22:6

    The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

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  • Jude 1:12–13

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7

    For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

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