Christian Standard Bible
Luke 12:45
45But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Luke 12:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
- New International Version (NIV)But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,
Context of Luke 12:45
43Blessed is that servant whom the master finds doing his job when he comes. 44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and starts to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46that servant’s master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unfaithful. 47And that servant who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.
Read all of Luke 12Luke 12:45 word by word
Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἔρχεσθαι, καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας ἐσθίειν τε καὶ πίνειν καὶ μεθύσκεσθαι,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But andδέde · thenG1161
- ifἐάνean · ifG1437
- thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- servantὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- servantδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
- sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- Myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- lordκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
- delayethχρονίζωchronizō · to delayG5549
- his comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- shall beginἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
- to beatτύπτωtuptō · to strikeG5180
- the menservantsπαῖςpais · childG3816
- maidensπαιδίσκηpaidiskē · maidservantG3814
- andτεte · and/bothG5037
- to eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
- to be drunkenμεθύσκωmethuskō · to get drunkG3182
Cross-references for Luke 12:45
- Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have about the land of Israel, which goes, ‘The days keep passing by, and every vision fails’?
- Matthew 24:48But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed,’
- 2 Peter 2:3They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Isaiah 65:6Look, it is written in front of me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully
- Jeremiah 20:2So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple.
- Ezekiel 34:3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.
- Matthew 22:6while the rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
- 2 Corinthians 11:20In fact, you put up with it if someone enslaves you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone is arrogant toward you, if someone slaps you in the face.
- 3 John 1:9I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have first place among them, does not receive our authority.
- Revelation 13:7And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
- Revelation 16:6Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it!
- Revelation 17:5On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Detestable Things of the Earth.
- Revelation 18:24In her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all those slaughtered on the earth.
- Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, all of them, they know nothing; all of them are mute dogs, they cannot bark; they dream, lie down, and love to sleep.
- Ezekiel 34:8As I live — this is the declaration of the Lord God — because my flock, lacking a shepherd, has become prey and food for every wild animal, and because my shepherds do not search for my flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than my flock,
- Romans 16:18because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
Commentaries on Luke 12:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45Begin to beat, etc. - See the different parts of this bad minister's conduct pointed out on Matthew 24:48, Matthew 24:49; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51. Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-53Verses 41-53 All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable, and loving; but the effect of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-48Jesus compared his faithful followers to servants in a master's house. These servants were always ready for his return and did a good job managing the resources he left with them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 41-4841-48. unto us or even to all?--us the Twelve, or all this vast audience?Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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