Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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

An Understandable Version

That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].

Anderson New Testament

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

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

who shall be found so employed, at his master's return.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing.

Goodspeed New Testament

Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it.

John Wesley New Testament

Happy is that servant, whom his Lord coming shall find so doing.

Julia Smith Translation

Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.

Modern King James verseion

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord shall find him doing so when He comes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Happy is that servant: whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

Moffatt New Testament

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

Montgomery New Testament

Blessed is that slave whom his Master, when he comes, shall find so doing.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

Happy! that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find thus occupied.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.

Webster

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!

Williams New Testament

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so employed:

Youngs Literal Translation

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μακάριος 
Makarios 
Usage: 21

is that
ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

δοῦλος 
Doulos 
Usage: 65

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

his

Usage: 0

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

εὑρίσκω 
heurisko 
find,
Usage: 130

so
οὕτω 
Houto 
Usage: 146

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Matthew 24:46

References

American

Images Matthew 24:46

Context Readings

A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave

45 Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time? 46 A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.


Cross References

Revelation 16:15

(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)

Matthew 25:34

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

Luke 12:37

Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

Luke 12:43

Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

2 Peter 1:13-15

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

Revelation 2:19

I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.

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