Luke 12:32–48

³²ⁿFear not, ^olittle flock; for ^pit is your Father’s good pleasure to give you ^qthe kingdom. ^33rSell that ye have, and ^sgive alms; ^tprovide yourselves ^ubags which wax not old, ^xa treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither ^xmoth corrupteth. ^34yFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

^35zLet your loins be girded about, and ^ayour lights burning; ³⁶And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will ^breturn from ^cthe wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. ^37dBlessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find ^ewatching: verily I say unto you, that he shall ^fgird himself, and ^gmake them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. ³⁸And if he shall come in the ^hsecond watch, or come in the ^hthird watch, and ^dfind them so, blessed are those servants. ³⁹ⁱAnd this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have ^ewatched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. ⁴⁰Be ye therefore ^jready also: ^kfor the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

⁴¹Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable ^lunto us, or even ^mto all? ⁴²And the Lord said,

Who then is that faithful and wise ⁿsteward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? ⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁴Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. ⁴⁵But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; ⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will ^||cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his ^oportion with the unbelievers. ⁴⁷And ^pthat servant, which knew his lord’s will, and ^jprepared not himself, neither did according to his will, ^qshall be beaten with many stripes. ^48pBut he ^rthat knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, ^sshall be beaten with few stripes. ^tFor unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom ^umen have committed much, of him they will ask the more.