“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
Matthew 24:46 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing. American Standard Version (1901) Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Common English Bible Happy are those servants whom the master finds fulfilling their responsibilities when he comes. Catholic Public Domain Version Blessed is that servant, if, when his lord has arrived, he shall find him doing so. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing. |
“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly, I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them.
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.
(“Lo, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who is awake, keeping his garments that he may not go naked and be seen exposed!”)
“ ‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.