Luke 12:37-43
Lexham English Bible
37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by and[a] serve them. 38 Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find them[b] like this, blessed are they! 39 But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.”[c]
A Faithful Slave and an Unfaithful Slave
41 And Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful wise manager whom the master will put in charge over his servants to give them[d] their[e] food allowance at the right time? 43 Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he[f] comes back.
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- Luke 12:37 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“will come by”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Luke 12:38 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 12:40 *The words “he will come” are not in the Greek text but are implied
- Luke 12:42 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 12:42 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Luke 12:43 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“comes back”) which is understood as temporal
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