Matthew 24:46 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 24:46

44 ^aTherefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45 ^a“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food¹ in due season?

46 ^aBlessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

47 Assuredly, I say to you that ^ahe will make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master ^ais delaying his coming,’

49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^anot aware of,

51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ^aThere shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 24:46

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

Amplified® Bible
Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing.

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

Darby English Version
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.

Good News Bible
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!

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

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

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

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Blessings accrue to that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

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

New English Translation
Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work¹ when he comes.