Luke 12:42

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord said, “Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Cross References

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders. Be willing to do what they say. They are responsible for your spiritual welfare, so they are always watching to protect you. Obey them so that their work will give them joy, not grief. It won’t help you to make it hard for them.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders. They taught God’s message to you. Remember how they lived and died, and copy their faith.

2 Timothy 4:2

Tell everyone God’s message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching.

1 Timothy 5:17

The elders who lead the church in a good way should receive double honor—in particular, those who do the work of counseling and teaching.

1 Peter 4:10

God has shown you his grace in many different ways. So be good servants and use whatever gift he has given you in a way that will best serve each other.

Titus 1:7

An elder has the job of taking care of God’s work. So people should not be able to say that he lives in a wrong way. He must not be someone who is proud and selfish or who gets angry quickly. He must not drink too much, and he must not be someone who likes to fight. He must not be a man who will do almost anything for money.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.

Matthew 20:8

“At the end of the day, the owner of the field said to the boss of all the workers, ‘Call the workers and pay them all. Start by paying the last people I hired. Then pay all of them, ending with the ones I hired first.’

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat sheep and use their wool to make clothes for yourselves. You kill the fat sheep, but you don’t feed the flock.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD gave me the ability to teach, so now I teach these sad people. Every morning he wakes me and teaches me like a student.

Proverbs 15:23

People are happy when they give a good answer. And there is nothing better than the right word at the right time.

Hebrews 3:5

Moses was faithful as a servant in God’s whole house. He told people what God would say in the future.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that, even if I cannot come soon, you will know how people should live in the family of God. That family is the church of the living God. And God’s church is the support and foundation of the truth.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw the woman, he felt very sorry for her and said, “Don’t cry.”

Matthew 13:52

Then Jesus said to the followers, “So every teacher of the law who has learned about God’s kingdom has some new things to teach. He is like the owner of a house. He has new things and old things saved in that house. And he brings out the new with the old.”

Jeremiah 23:4

I will place new shepherds over my sheep. They will take care of my sheep, and my sheep will never again feel afraid. None of my sheep will be lost.” This message is from the Lord.

Proverbs 27:18

People who take care of fig trees are allowed to eat the fruit. In the same way, people who take care of their masters will be rewarded.

Proverbs 31:15

She wakes up early in the morning, cooks food for her family, and gives the servants their share.

Luke 7:19

He sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one we heard was coming, or should we wait for someone else?”

Luke 12:43

When the master comes and finds him doing the work he gave him, it will be a day of blessing for that servant!

Exodus 36:4

Finally, all the skilled workers left the work they were doing on the holy place, and they went to speak to Moses. They said,

Proverbs 12:8

You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.