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"Be likemen who are waiting for their masterwhen he returns from the weddingfeast, so that they may immediatelyopen the door to him when he comes and knocks.
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"Blessed are thoseslaveswhom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
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"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at whathour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.