44 For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.[a]

A Faithful Slave and an Unfaithful Slave

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their[b] food at the right time? 46 Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he[c] comes back.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:44 *The words “he will come” are not in the Greek text but are implied
  2. Matthew 24:45 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
  3. Matthew 24:46 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“comes back”) which is understood as temporal