Mat 24:45-51 | ISV | STEP | “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others their food at the right time?

‏ Matthew 24:45-51

45 “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others ^{▼▼Lit. them} their food at the right time?Luke 12:42; Acts 20:28; 1Cor 4:2; Heb 3:5 46 How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!Rev 16:15 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his property.Matt 25:21, 23; Luke 22:29

48 “But if that wicked servant says to himself, ^{▼▼Lit. in his heart} ‘My master has been delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. 51 Then his master ^{▼▼Lit. he} will punish him severely ^{▼▼Lit. will cut him in pieces} and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ^{▼▼I.e. extreme pain}Matt 8:12; 25:30