Luke 12:42
And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
41And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?
43Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.
Cross References
Exodus 36:4Whereupon the workmen being constrained to come,
Proverbs 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
Jeremiah 23:4And I will set up pastors over them, and they shall feed them: they shall fear no more, and they shall not be dismayed: and none shall be wanting of their number, saith the Lord.
Matthew 13:52He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.
Matthew 24:45Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season.
Luke 7:13Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →