Matthew 24:45-51
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The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave
45 “Who, then, is the faithful and wise slave whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves[a] their allowance of food at the proper time?(A) 46 Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.(B) 47 Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions.(C) 48 But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know. 51 He will cut him in pieces[b] and put him with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(D)
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Matthew 24:45-51
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The Faithful or the Wicked Servant(A)
45 “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others[a] their food at the right time? 46 How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes! 47 I tell all of you[b] with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.
48 “But if that wicked servant says to himself,[c] ‘My master has been delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks, 50 that servant’s master will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour that he doesn’t know. 51 Then his master[d] will punish him severely[e] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”[f]
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- Matthew 24:45 Lit. them
- Matthew 24:47 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
- Matthew 24:48 Lit. in his heart
- Matthew 24:51 Lit. he
- Matthew 24:51 Lit. will cut him in pieces
- Matthew 24:51 I.e. extreme pain and anger
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