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43 Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit 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 You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.
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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 “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.
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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 If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.
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It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
47 I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.
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Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
48 But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’
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But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’
49 and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?
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and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
50 The master will return unannounced and unexpected,
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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 he will cut the servant to 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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