Luke 12:43 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴³ That servant will be happy when his master returns to find him doing [his job] well.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴³ Blessed (happy and to be envied) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴³ Happy are the servants whom the master finds fulfilling their responsibilities when he comes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴³ Blessed is that servant if, when his Lord will return, he will find him acting in this manner.

Luke 12:43 Cross References

Luke 12:42

And the Lord answered, “Who then is the trustworthy and sensible property manager, to whom his master will assign the management of his household, to provide adequate and timely meals for its members?

Luke 12:44

Truly I tell you, he will put that slave in charge of his entire estate.

Matthew 24:46

That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].

Luke 12:37

Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them.

2 Peter 3:14

So, my dearly loved ones, while you are waiting for these things [to happen], do your best to be found at peace with God, pure and blameless in His sight.