Matthew 24:45
Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
44Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come.
46Happy is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he will find so doing.
Cross References
Matthew 7:24Every one therefore that heareth these my discourses, and doeth them, will be like to a wise man, one that built his house upon a rock.
Matthew 13:52He said to them: Therefore every Scribe who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who bringeth forth from his treasures things new and old.
Matthew 25:21His lord said to him: Well done! good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful with a little; I will set thee over much: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew 25:35For I was hungry, and ye gave me food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me home;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51
Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →