Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. New Living Translation If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward. English Standard Version Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Berean Standard Bible Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. Berean Literal Bible Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, will find thus doing. King James Bible Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. New King James Version Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. New American Standard Bible Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. NASB 1995 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. NASB 1977 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. Legacy Standard Bible Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. Amplified Bible Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so. Christian Standard Bible Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes. Holman Christian Standard Bible That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded. American Standard Version Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Blessed is that servant, whom, when his master will come, will find doing this. Contemporary English Version Servants are fortunate if their master comes and finds them doing their job. Douay-Rheims Bible Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. English Revised Version Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. GOD'S WORD® Translation That servant will be blessed if his master finds him doing this job when he comes. Good News Translation How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home! International Standard Version How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes! Literal Standard Version Blessed that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so; Majority Standard Bible Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. New American Bible Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. NET Bible Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes. New Revised Standard Version Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. New Heart English Bible Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. Webster's Bible Translation Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Weymouth New Testament Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing! World English Bible Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. Young's Literal Translation Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Readiness at Any Hour…45Who 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? 46Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.… Cross References Matthew 24:45 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? Matthew 24:47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. Treasury of Scripture Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: Luke 12:37,43 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them… Philippians 1:21-23 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain… Jump to Previous Blessed Blessing Bondman Find Finds Good Happy Master Returns Servant SlaveJump to Next Blessed Blessing Bondman Find Finds Good Happy Master Returns Servant SlaveMatthew 24 1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;3. what and how great calamities shall be before it; 29. the signs of his coming to judgment. 36. And because that day and hour are unknown, 42. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming. (46) Blessed is that servant.--The words, taken in their letter, seem to refer only to those who shall thus be found at the time of the final Advent. Christian insight has, however, rightly given them a wider application. As there are "days of the Lord" in the history of churches and nations, so the Lord comes to men in the crises of their individual lives; and one such coming is that day of death which closes the trial-time of their earthly life, and brings them into the presence of the Judge.Verse 46. - Blessed is that servant. The Lord had asked - Who is the faithful and wise servant? he virtually answers - It is the one whom his lord when he cometh shall find duly performing the duties of his office. Such a one he pronounces "blessed;" and what happier lot can befall a man in a responsible position, than to be taken while diligently and rightly performing his appointed work (see Matthew 25:21)? Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Blessed [is]μακάριος (makarios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off. that ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. servant δοῦλος (doulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. whose ὃν (hon) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. master κύριος (kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. returns ἐλθὼν (elthōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2064: To come, go. [and] finds εὑρήσει (heurēsei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find. him doing ποιοῦντα (poiounta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. [his job]. οὕτως (houtōs) Adverb Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows). Links Matthew 24:46 NIVMatthew 24:46 NLT Matthew 24:46 ESV Matthew 24:46 NASB Matthew 24:46 KJV Matthew 24:46 BibleApps.com Matthew 24:46 Biblia Paralela Matthew 24:46 Chinese Bible Matthew 24:46 French Bible Matthew 24:46 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 24:46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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