Luke 12:45

43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

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;

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

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 and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

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  • Revelation 18:7–8

    How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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  • Ezekiel 34:8

    As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

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  • Jeremiah 20:2

    Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 12:22

    Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

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  • Matthew 22:6

    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

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  • Jude 1:12–13

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7

    For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

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