Luke 12:42

New International Version

The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

Cross References

Exodus 36:4

So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing

Proverbs 12:8

A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.

Proverbs 15:23

A person finds joy in giving an apt reply— and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 27:18

The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.

Proverbs 31:15

She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants.

Isaiah 50:4

The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Jeremiah 23:4

I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.

Matthew 13:52

He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Matthew 20:8

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

Luke 12:43

It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”

Luke 7:19

he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Timothy 5:17

The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

Titus 1:7

Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

Hebrews 13:17

Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit 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 as a servant in all God’s house,” bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future.

1 Peter 4:10

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.