Matthew 24:46

24:46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work ¹  when he comes.

Matthew 24:48

24:48 But if ²  that evil slave should say to himself, ³  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matthew 24:50

24:50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee,

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¹ tn That is, doing his job, doing what he is supposed to be doing.

² tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

³ tn Grk “should say in his heart.”