Luke 12:42

New American Bible - revised edition

And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute [the] food allowance at the proper time?

Cross References

Exodus 36:4

Thereupon all the artisans who were doing the work for the sanctuary came from the work each was doing,

Proverbs 12:8

For their good sense people are praised, but the perverse of heart are despised.

Proverbs 15:23

One has joy from an apt response; a word in season, how good it is!

Proverbs 27:18

Those who tend a fig tree eat its fruit; so those attentive to their master will be honored.

Proverbs 31:15

She rises while it is still night, and distributes food to her household, a portion to her maidservants.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

Jeremiah 23:4

I will raise up shepherds for them who will shepherd them so that they need no longer fear or be terrified; none shall be missing—oracle of the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:3

You consumed milk, wore wool, and slaughtered fatlings, but the flock you did not pasture.

Matthew 13:52

And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”

Matthew 20:8

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’

Luke 12:43

Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Luke 7:19

and sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.

1 Timothy 5:17

Presbyters who preside well deserve double honor, especially those who toil in preaching and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:2

proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant, not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive, not greedy for sordid gain,

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

Hebrews 3:5

Moses was “faithful in all his house” as a “servant” to testify to what would be spoken,

1 Peter 4:10

As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.