Matthew 24:42–51

⁴²“Be on your guard, then, because you do not know what day your Lord will come. ^43*If the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, you can be sure that he would stay awake and not let the thief break into his house. ^44*So then, you also must always be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

⁴⁵“Who, then, is a faithful and wise servant? It is the one that his master has placed in charge of the other servants to give them their food at the proper time. ⁴⁶How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home! ⁴⁷Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property. ⁴⁸But if he is a bad servant, he will tell himself that his master will not come back for a long time, ⁴⁹and he will begin to beat his fellow-servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. ⁵⁰Then that servant’s master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. ⁵¹The master will cut him in pieces^z and make him share the fate of the hypocrites. There he will cry and grind his teeth.