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45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over 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 servant whom his master will find 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, he will set him over 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 wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed,'
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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 servants and eats and drinks 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 servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour 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 put him 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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