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<a href="/esv/luke/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/bsb/luke/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. <a href="/blb/luke/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My master delays to come,' and should begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and to get drunk, <a href="/kjv/luke/12.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/luke/12.htm">New King James Version</a> 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, <a href="/nasb_/luke/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will take a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; <a href="/nasb/luke/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But if that slave says in his heart, &#8216My master will be a long time in coming,&#8217 and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; <a href="/nasb77/luke/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; <a href="/lsb/luke/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, <a href="/amp/luke/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time in coming,’ and begins to beat the servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, <a href="/csb/luke/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/hcsb/luke/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But if that slave says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming,&#8217 and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk, <a href="/asv/luke/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; <a href="/cev/luke/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late. Suppose that servant starts beating all the other servants and eats and drinks and gets drunk. <a href="/erv/luke/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; <a href="/gwt/luke/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On the other hand, that servant may think that his master is taking a long time to come home. The servant may begin to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk. <a href="/gnt/luke/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk, <a href="/isv/luke/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk, <a href="/msb/luke/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But suppose that servant says in his heart, ?My master will be a long time in coming,? and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. <a href="/net/luke/12.htm">NET Bible</a> But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk, <a href="/nheb/luke/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk, <a href="/wbt/luke/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken? <a href="/wey/luke/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess; <a href="/web/luke/12.htm">World English Bible</a> But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/luke/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken, <a href="/blb/luke/12.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My master delays to come,' and should begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and to get drunk, <a href="/ylt/luke/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken; <a href="/slt/luke/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/luke/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk: <a href="/cpdv/luke/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But if that servant will have said in his heart, ‘My Lord has made a delay in his return,’ and if he has begun to strike the men and women servants, and to eat and drink, and to be inebriated, <a href="/nabre/luke/12.htm">New American Bible</a> But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, <a href="/nrsvce/luke/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/luke/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But if that servant should say in his heart, My master has delayed his coming; and begins to beat the servants and maidservants of his master, and then begins to eat and drink and get drunk; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/12.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “But if that servant will say in his heart, 'My Lord delays to come', and he should begin to strike the servants and the maids of his Lord and he should begin to eat and to drink and to get drunk.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/luke/12.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to strike the men-servants and the maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to be drunk; <a href="/godbey/luke/12.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;<Fr> <a href="/haweis/luke/12.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But if that servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get drunk; <a href="/mace/luke/12.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but if the servant should say within himself, my master delays his return; and fall a beating his fellow-servants, indulging himself in eating and drinking to excess. <a href="/wey/luke/12.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess; <a href="/worrell/luke/12.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>But, if that servant should say in his heart, My lord is delaying to come, and shall begin to beat the manservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;<Fr> <a href="/worsley/luke/12.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and drink, and to be drunken:<Fr> <a href="/parallel/luke/12-45.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=5342" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/luke/12.htm">Be Ready for Service</a> …44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: Ean (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">suppose</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinos (DPro-NMS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1401.htm" title="1401: doulos (N-NMS) -- (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.">servant</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipē (V-ASA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">says</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2588.htm" title="2588: kardia (N-DFS) -- Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle.">heart,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">‘My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: kyrios (N-NMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">master</a> <a href="/greek/5549.htm" title="5549: Chronizei (V-PIA-3S) -- To delay, tarry, linger, spend time. From chronos; to take time, i.e. Linger.">will be a long time</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchesthai (V-PNM/P) -- To come, go. ">in coming,’</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/756.htm" title="756: arxētai (V-ASM-3S) -- To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence.">he begins</a> <a href="/greek/5180.htm" title="5180: typtein (V-PNA) -- To beat, strike, wound, inflict punishment. ">to beat</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3816.htm" title="3816: paidas (N-AMP) -- Perhaps from paio; a boy, or, a girl, and a child; specially, a slave or servant.">menservants</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3814.htm" title="3814: paidiskas (N-AFP) -- A female slave, maidservant, maid, young girl. Feminine diminutive of pais; a girl, i.e., a female slave or servant.">maidservants,</a> <a href="/greek/5037.htm" title="5037: te (Conj) -- And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.">and</a> <a href="/greek/2068.htm" title="2068: esthiein (V-PNA) -- Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4095.htm" title="4095: pinein (V-PNA) -- To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe.">drink</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3182.htm" title="3182: methyskesthai (V-PNM/P) -- To make drunk; pass: I become drunk. A prolonged form of methuo; to intoxicate.">get drunk.</a> 46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48-51</a> But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ / And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. ... <a href="/matthew/25-26.htm">Matthew 25:26-30</a> ‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed. / Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest. / Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/2_peter/3-3.htm">2 Peter 3:3-4</a> Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. / “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.” <a href="/revelation/3-3.htm">Revelation 3:3</a> Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a> Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-5</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Romans 13:11-14</a> And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. / The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a> Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. <a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-31</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. / Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ... <a href="/ezekiel/12-22.htm">Ezekiel 12:22-25</a> “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? / Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. / For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel, ... <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a> Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: / “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Jeremiah 23:17-20</a> They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ / But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it? / Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked. ... <a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Zephaniah 1:12</a> And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ <a href="/proverbs/23-20.htm">Proverbs 23:20-21</a> Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. / For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;and if.<a href="/ezekiel/12-22.htm">Ezekiel 12:22,27,28</a> Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? … <a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Matthew 24:48-50</a> But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; … <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">2 Peter 2:3,4</a> And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not… to beat.<a href="/isaiah/65-6.htm">Isaiah 65:6</a> Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,<a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2</a> Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/34-3.htm">Ezekiel 34:3,4</a> Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock… to eat.<a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… <a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Ezekiel 34:8</a> As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;<a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/10-30.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/mark/5-42.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/luke/1-21.htm">Delay</a> <a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Delayeth</a> <a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Delays</a> <a href="/luke/12-29.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/luke/5-39.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/matthew/24-49.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/luke/12-37.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/luke/7-34.htm">Feasting</a> <a href="/luke/11-26.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/luke/12-34.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/matthew/25-11.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/mark/14-66.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/mark/14-66.htm">Maidservants</a> <a href="/luke/12-43.htm">Master</a> <a href="/joel/2-29.htm">Menservants</a> <a href="/joel/2-29.htm">Men-Servants</a> <a href="/luke/12-29.htm">Overmuch</a> <a href="/luke/12-43.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/luke/12-38.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/luke/11-11.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/luke/12-42.htm">Time</a> <a href="/luke/12-19.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/luke/8-4.htm">Women</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/luke/18-13.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/luke/13-25.htm">Begin</a> <a href="/luke/14-29.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Delay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-10.htm">Delayeth</a> <a href="/matthew/24-48.htm">Delays</a> <a href="/luke/13-26.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Drinking</a> <a href="/luke/13-26.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/luke/17-8.htm">Drunken</a> <a href="/luke/13-26.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-21.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/luke/17-27.htm">Feasting</a> <a href="/luke/14-31.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/luke/15-5.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">Maidens</a> <a href="/genesis/20-17.htm">Maids</a> <a href="/acts/2-18.htm">Maidservants</a> <a href="/luke/12-46.htm">Master</a> <a href="/acts/2-18.htm">Menservants</a> <a href="/acts/2-18.htm">Men-Servants</a> <a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Overmuch</a> <a href="/luke/12-46.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/luke/15-22.htm">Slaves</a> <a href="/luke/12-51.htm">Suppose</a> <a href="/luke/12-46.htm">Time</a> <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Women</a> <a href="/acts/2-18.htm">Women-Servants</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 12</div>1. <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Jesus preaches to his apostles to avoid hypocrisy</a> 13. <a href="/luke/12-13.htm">and warns against covetousness, by the parable of the man who set up greater barns.</a> 22. <a href="/luke/12-22.htm">We must not worry about earthly things,</a> 31. <a href="/luke/12-31.htm">but seek the kingdom of God;</a> 33. <a href="/luke/12-33.htm">give alms;</a> 35. <a href="/luke/12-35.htm">be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he comes.</a> 41. <a href="/luke/12-41.htm">Jesus' disciples are to see to their charges,</a> 49. <a href="/luke/12-49.htm">and look for persecution.</a> 54. <a href="/luke/12-54.htm">The people must take this time of grace;</a> 57. <a href="/luke/12-57.htm">because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical terms, the "heart" often represents the center of one's thoughts and intentions (<a href="/proverbs/4-23.htm">Proverbs 4:23</a>). This reflects the importance of inner motives, as God judges the heart (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>).‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ The servant's assumption about the master's delay reflects a common theme in Scripture regarding the unexpected timing of the Lord's return (<a href="/matthew/24-44.htm">Matthew 24:44</a>). This phrase warns against complacency and presumption, echoing the parable of the ten virgins (<a href="/matthew/25.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a>), where preparedness is crucial.and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, This behavior illustrates abuse of authority and neglect of duty. In the cultural context of the time, servants were expected to manage the household in the master's absence. The mistreatment of fellow servants is a grave sin, reflecting a lack of love and stewardship (<a href="/ephesians/6-9.htm">Ephesians 6:9</a>). It contrasts with Jesus' teaching on servant leadership (<a href="/mark/10-42.htm">Mark 10:42-45</a>).and to eat and drink and get drunk. This phrase highlights indulgence and moral decay. Eating and drinking to excess symbolize a life focused on self-gratification rather than service and responsibility. Drunkenness is condemned throughout Scripture (<a href="/proverbs/20.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a>, <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a>) as it leads to a loss of self-control and spiritual vigilance, which are essential for a faithful servant awaiting the master's return.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_servant.htm">The Servant</a> Represents a person entrusted with responsibilities by their master. In the context of the parable, this servant is expected to manage the household faithfully in the master's absence. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_master.htm">The Master</a> Symbolizes Jesus Christ, who has gone away but will return at an unexpected time. The master's return is a central theme in the parable, emphasizing accountability. 3. <a href="/topical/m/menservants_and_maidservants.htm">Menservants and Maidservants</a> These are the individuals under the authority of the servant. Their treatment by the servant reflects his faithfulness or lack thereof. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_household.htm">The Household</a> Represents the community of believers or the church, where the servant has been given authority and responsibility. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_event_of_the_master's_return.htm">The Event of the Master's Return</a> This future event signifies the second coming of Christ, when He will hold His servants accountable for their stewardship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_waiting.htm">Faithfulness in Waiting</a> Believers are called to remain faithful and diligent in their responsibilities, even when the return of Christ seems delayed. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_complacency.htm">The Danger of Complacency</a> The servant's behavior warns against complacency and indulgence, which can lead to spiritual neglect and harm to others. <a href="/topical/a/accountability_and_stewardship.htm">Accountability and Stewardship</a> Every believer is accountable for their actions and how they manage what God has entrusted to them. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_christ's_return.htm">The Certainty of Christ's Return</a> Despite any delay, Christ's return is certain, and believers should live in anticipation of this event. <a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_our_actions_on_others.htm">The Impact of Our Actions on Others</a> The servant's mistreatment of others highlights the importance of treating fellow believers with love and respect.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_luke_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Luke 12</a> <a href="/q/should_women_be_silent_in_church.htm">Should women be silent in church?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_work.htm">Who are the Sons of Jacob?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_ezra_2_64-65_totals_match_estimates.htm">How can the reported totals in Ezra 2:64-65 align with known population estimates of the region at that time?</a> <a href="/q/is_peter's_acts_2_16-21_citation_accurate.htm">Does Peter's citation of Joel (Acts 2:16-21) truly match the original prophecy, or is it taken out of context?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(45) To beat the menservants.--Literally, the boys, but in the sense which the word had acquired, like the French garcon, as used generally for servants of any age. Note the more specific terms as compared with the "fellow-servants" of St. Matthew.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 45, 46. - 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; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware. "But," continued the Master, "although certain of my servants have onlooks to higher degrees of glory than the great mass of their fellows, these seemingly favored ones have at the same time more perilous responsibilities; and only if in these graver responsibilities they are faithful to the end, will they receive their high and peculiar reward." If, on the other hand, they fail in their perpetual watch for the coming of their Lord, and instead of the restless toil which the Master has assigned to these stewards, these servants, weighted with higher responsibilities, give themselves up to worldly pleasures and passions, terrible will be their doom. Again the excesses of the table are specially mentioned. If, instead of spending themselves in the cares of their high office, they make a profit out of that office, if they live as oppressors of the flock rather than as shepherds, then to these unfaithful stewards will the Lord suddenly come, as pictured in the parable imagery, a thief in the night. And will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. The terrible punishment here specified was not unknown among the ancients (see Herodotus, 7:39; and <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a>). Isaiah was said to have been sawn asunder. Bengel's comment is curious: "Qui cor divisum habet, dividetur." It has been suggested, to bring the punishment into harmony with the statement immediately following, which speaks of a definite and, perhaps, of an enduring position for the guilty one, a "portion with the unbelievers," to understand the word as an equivalent for scourging; so in the Latin we find flagellis discindere, to scourge the back with the rod. There is, however, no known instance of the Greek word διχοτομεῖν being used in this sense. The expression is, however, used as simply implying that a terrible doom is surely reserved in the life to come for those who have so sadly misused their high opportunities and neglected their great responsibilities. "The image of the parable itself is blended with the reality which the parable signifies; this thought of the human master who can punish his slaves with temporal death passes into that of the Divine Judge who can punish with spiritual death" (Dean Mansel). <a href="/commentaries/luke/12-45.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. suppose Ἐὰν (Ean) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. that ἐκεῖνος (ekeinos) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. servant δοῦλος (doulos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1401.htm">Strong's 1401: </a> (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. says εἴπῃ (eipē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. heart, καρδίᾳ (kardia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2588.htm">Strong's 2588: </a> Prolonged from a primary kar; the heart, i.e. the thoughts or feelings; also the middle. ‘My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. master κύριός (kyrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. will be a long time Χρονίζει (Chronizei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5549.htm">Strong's 5549: </a> To delay, tarry, linger, spend time. From chronos; to take time, i.e. Linger. in coming,’ ἔρχεσθαι (erchesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. he begins ἄρξηται (arxētai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_756.htm">Strong's 756: </a> To begin. Middle voice of archo; to commence. to beat τύπτειν (typtein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_5180.htm">Strong's 5180: </a> To beat, strike, wound, inflict punishment. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. male παῖδας (paidas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3816.htm">Strong's 3816: </a> Perhaps from paio; a boy, or, a girl, and a child; specially, a slave or servant. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. female servants, παιδίσκας (paidiskas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3814.htm">Strong's 3814: </a> A female slave, maidservant, maid, young girl. Feminine diminutive of pais; a girl, i.e., a female slave or servant. and τε (te) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_5037.htm">Strong's 5037: </a> And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. to eat ἐσθίειν (esthiein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_2068.htm">Strong's 2068: </a> Strengthened for a primary edo; used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by phago; to eat. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. drink πίνειν (pinein) Verb - Present Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_4095.htm">Strong's 4095: </a> To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. get drunk. μεθύσκεσθαι (methyskesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_3182.htm">Strong's 3182: </a> To make drunk; pass: I become drunk. 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