1. Matthew 24:51 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What will happen to the wicked servant?

Matthew 24:51 (ESV)

51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Since the wicked servant is not ready at all times for the return of his master, he will be caught unaware. As a result, the return of his master will be a time of judgment. A place with the hypocrites brings to mind the judgment on false servants given by Jesus in Matthew 23:13–29.1 Weeping and gnashing of teeth highlights the never-ending hopelessness and pains of hell.2