Matthew 24:46 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁶ That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁶ Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Common English Bible

⁴⁶ Happy are those servants whom the master finds fulfilling their responsibilities when he comes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, if, when his lord has arrived, he shall find him doing so.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.

Matthew 24:46 Cross References

Matthew 24:45

“Who then, is the trustworthy and sensible slave, to whom his master has assigned the management of his household to provide timely meals for its members?

Matthew 24:47

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

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those at His right side, ‘You who are blessed by my Father, come and receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the creation of the world,

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.

Luke 12:43

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

Revelation 16:15

[Note: At this point the Lord’s voice breaks into John’s vision]. (“Look, I am coming like a thief. That person is happy who stays alert and is dressed [properly], so he does not appear naked and have to be shamefully exposed”).

Revelation 2:19

I know about your deeds, your love, your faith, your service and your endurance, and that your most recent deeds are more numerous than when you first began [your Christian lives].