Luke 12:45
But what if the servant were to say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and then starts beating the other servants, both men and women, feasting and getting drunk?
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44I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of everything.
Cross References
Job 24:23He supports them and gives them security, but he is always watching what they're doing.
Isaiah 65:6Look—it's all written down right in front of me! I'm not going to keep quiet. I'm going to pay them back by throwing their punishment into their laps.
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what's this proverb you people have in the land of Israel: ‘Time goes by, and no vision comes true’?
Ezekiel 34:3You eat the cream, you use the wool for clothes, and you slaughter the fattened sheep, but you don't feed the flock.
Matthew 22:6The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Romans 16:18These people are not serving Christ our Lord but their own appetites, and by their smooth-talking and pleasant words they deceive the minds of unsuspecting people.
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 →