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And the Lordsaid, "Whothen is the faithful and sensiblesteward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the propertime?
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"But if that slavesays in his heart, 'My master will be a longtime in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves*, both men and women, and to eat and drink and getdrunk;
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the master of that slave will come on a daywhen he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyonewho has been givenmuch, much will be required; and to whom they entrustedmuch, of him they will askall the more.