Matthew 24:46
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
KJV
μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει οὕτως ποιοῦντα.
Greek NT
Beatus ille servus, quem cum venerit dominus ejus, invenerit sic facientem.
Vulgate
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
ASV
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εὑρίσκω
eurisko
verb · 175×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μακάριος
makarios
adjective · 50×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: οὕτως ποιοῦντα | WH/Treg/NIV: οὕτως ποιοῦντα | RP: ποιοῦντα οὕτως
- οὕτως ποιοῦντα — SBLGNT
- οὕτως ποιοῦντα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ποιοῦντα οὕτως — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
- Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
- Luke 12:43 — Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- Matt 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Prov 27:18 — Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
- Rev 16:15 — Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.