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44 For this reason you also be prepared ones— because the Son of Man is coming at an hour which you do not expect.

Wise Servants Found Working When The Master Returns Will Be Put In Charge of More

45 “Who then[a] is the faithful and wise slave whom his master put-in-charge[b] over his body-of-servants[c] that he might give them their food at the proper-time? 46 Blessed is that slave whom his master, having come, will find so doing.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:45 In view of the sudden nature of Christ’s return, who is the wise slave among those left to lead when the master left? The wise one is the one doing his will when he returns.
  2. Matthew 24:45 Or, appointed, set.
  3. Matthew 24:45 That is, the master’s group of servants which he left to do whatever tasks he had assigned to them.

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