Matthew 24:46
44 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
- KJV
- Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- WEB
- Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
- ASV
- Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- DARBY
- Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.
- BLB
- Blessed [is] that servant whom his master, having come, will find so doing.
- ÅB
- Godt skal det gå med den tjeneren som husets herre finner opptatt med dette når han kommer.
- OTB
- Salig er den tjeneren som herren finner i ferd med å gjøre dette når han kommer.
- B1930
- Salig er den tjener som hans husbond finner å gjøre så når han kommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:15
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
Read in contextLuke 12:43
Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Read in contextLuke 12:37
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:6–8
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Read in context2 Peter 1:13–15
I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
Read in contextPhilippians 1:21–23
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Read in contextRevelation 2:19
I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.
Read in contextMatthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
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