GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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42 "Therefore, be alert, because you don't know on what day your Lord will return.
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“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
43 You realize that if a homeowner had known at what time of the night a thief was coming, he would have stayed awake. He would not have let the thief break into his house.
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But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore, you, too, must be ready because the Son of Man will return when you least expect him.
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So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
45 "Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? The master will put that person in charge of giving the other servants their food at the right time.
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“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
46 That servant will be blessed if his master finds him doing this job when he comes.
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It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 I can guarantee this truth: He will put that servant in charge of all his property.
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Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 On the other hand, that servant, if he is wicked, may think that it will be a long time before his master comes.
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But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
49 The servant may begin to beat the other servants and eat and drink with the drunks.
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and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50 His master will return unexpectedly.
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The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
51 Then his master will severely punish him and assign him a place with the hypocrites. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.
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He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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