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Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.
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Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left.
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Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
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But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
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Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.
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"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance of food at the proper time?
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Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives.
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Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions.
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But if that wicked slave says to himself, "My master is delayed,'
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and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with drunkards,
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the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know.