Matthew 24:46
 Matthew 24:46 
New International Version (©2011)
It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

New Living Translation (©2007)
If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

International Standard Version (©2012)
How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!

NET Bible (©2006)
Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Blessed is that servant, whom, when his master will come, will find doing this.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
That servant will be blessed if his master finds him doing this job when he comes.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.

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

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.

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

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;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

24:42-51 To watch for Christ's coming, is to maintain that temper of mind which we would be willing that our Lord should find us in. We know we have but a little time to live, we cannot know that we have a long time to live; much less do we know the time fixed for the judgment. Our Lord's coming will be happy to those that shall be found ready, but very dreadful to those that are not. If a man, professing to be the servant of Christ, be an unbeliever, covetous, ambitious, or a lover of pleasure, he will be cut off. Those who choose the world for their portion in this life, will have hell for their portion in the other life. May our Lord, when he cometh, pronounce us blessed, and present us to the Father, washed in his blood, purified by his Spirit, and fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.


Pulpit Commentary

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)?


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he cometh,.... Whether in a way of judgment, as against Jerusalem; or at death, when he comes to remove him out of time, into eternity; or at the day of judgment, when he, the righteous judge, will give the crown of righteousness to him:

shall find so doing; acting the faithful and wise part, ruling the household of God well; giving to all wholesome food, a proper portion of it, and that in the right time.


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45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. 47Truly I say to you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. …

Matthew 24:45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
Matthew 24:47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.