Luke 12:41

41 "Master," said Peter, "are you addressing this parable to us, or to all alike?"

Luke 12:41 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said unto him, Lord
The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "our Lord":

speakest thou this parable:
of the master at the wedding, and his servants waiting for him, or of the housekeeper watching that his house be not broken up, or both:

unto us, or unto all?
Peter was in doubt whether the above discourse was peculiarly directed to them, the apostles, as containing special instructions to them in the discharge of the ministerial work; or whether it was designed for all his disciples and followers, both in the present age, and in time to come, to the end of the world.

Luke 12:41 In-Context

39 Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into.

40 Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

41 "Master," said Peter, "are you addressing this parable to us, or to all alike?"

42 "Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times?

43 Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.