Matthew 24:46
New International Version
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

New Living Translation
If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.

English Standard Version
Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

Berean Literal Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, will find thus doing.

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

New King James Version
Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

New American Standard Bible
Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

NASB 1995
“Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

NASB 1977
“Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

Amplified Bible
Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so.

Christian Standard Bible
Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Blessed is that servant, whom, when his master will come, will find doing this.

Contemporary English Version
Servants are fortunate if their master comes and finds them doing their job.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That servant will be blessed if his master finds him doing this job when he comes.

Good News Translation
How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!

International Standard Version
How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

Literal Standard Version
Blessed that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so;

Majority Standard Bible
Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

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

NET Bible
Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

New Revised Standard Version
Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.

New Heart English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

Weymouth New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!

World English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

Young's Literal Translation
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

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Context
Readiness at Any Hour
45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.…

Cross References
Matthew 24:45
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

Matthew 24:47
Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Luke 12:37,43
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them…

Philippians 1:21-23
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain…

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Matthew 24
1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
3. what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29. the signs of his coming to judgment.
36. And because that day and hour are unknown,
42. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming.














(46) Blessed is that servant.--The words, taken in their letter, seem to refer only to those who shall thus be found at the time of the final Advent. Christian insight has, however, rightly given them a wider application. As there are "days of the Lord" in the history of churches and nations, so the Lord comes to men in the crises of their individual lives; and one such coming is that day of death which closes the trial-time of their earthly life, and brings them into the presence of the Judge.

Verse 46. - Blessed is that servant. The Lord had asked - Who is the faithful and wise servant? he virtually answers - It is the one whom his lord when he cometh shall find duly performing the duties of his office. Such a one he pronounces "blessed;" and what happier lot can befall a man in a responsible position, than to be taken while diligently and rightly performing his appointed work (see Matthew 25:21)?

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Blessed [is]
μακάριος (makarios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3107: Happy, blessed, to be envied. A prolonged form of the poetical makar; supremely blest; by extension, fortunate, well off.

that
ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

servant
δοῦλος (doulos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

whose
ὃν (hon)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

master
κύριος (kyrios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

returns
ἐλθὼν (elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

[and] finds
εὑρήσει (heurēsei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

him doing
ποιοῦντα (poiounta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

[his job].
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).


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