Luke 12:43 (DRB)

Passage

Blessed is that servant whom, when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.

Nearby Context

Luke 12:41 And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?

Luke 12:42 And the Lord said: Who thinkest thou is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?

Luke 12:43 Blessed is that servant whom, when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.

Luke 12:44 Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.

Luke 12:45 But if that servant shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blessed", "servant", "lord", "shall", "come", "find", and "doing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "servant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 42's "And the Lord said Who thinkest thou..." into verse 44's "Verily I say to you he will...", so "blessed" and "servant" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blessed" and "servant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.