Luke 12:43

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

Luke 12:43 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:43

Blessed is that servant
Who is faithful and wise, rules well, and discharges his trust with integrity, and disposes of the provisions of the house, in his hands, with great discretion and prudence:

whom his Lord, when he cometh;
to take vengeance on the wicked Jews, or by death, or at judgment:

shall find so doing;
behaving as a good ruler, and as a wise and faithful steward.

Luke 12:43 In-Context

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] [their] food allowance at the right time?

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

44 Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45 But if that slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is taking a long time to return,' and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("comes back") which is understood as temporal