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42 "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
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“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
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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 "For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
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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 sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper 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 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
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It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'
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But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;
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and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,
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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 and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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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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