Luke 12:43
New International Version
It will be good for that servant whom the master finds 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, having come, his master 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 will find so doing when he comes.

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 (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives.

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 Lord will come, he will find doing so.”

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 arrival finds doing so.

NET Bible
Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.

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 will find 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 will find 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
Be Ready for Service
42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? 43Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.…

Cross References
Luke 12:42
And the Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

Luke 12:44
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.

whom.

Luke 12:37
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.

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Luke 12
1. Jesus preaches to his apostles to avoid hypocrisy
13. and warns against covetousness, by the parable of the man who set up greater barns.
22. We must not worry about earthly things,
31. but seek the kingdom of God;
33. give alms;
35. be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he comes.
41. Jesus' disciples are to see to their charges,
49. and look for persecution.
54. The people must take this time of grace;
57. because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation.
















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.

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

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

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.

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.

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.

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

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


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