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Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?
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And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
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But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
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the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
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And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
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but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
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I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
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But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!