Matthew 24:42–51

⁴²Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming! ⁴³But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.^*

A Faithful Slave and an Unfaithful Slave

⁴⁵“Who then is the faithful and wise slave whom the master has put in charge of his household slaves to give them their^* food at the right time? ⁴⁶Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he^* comes back. ⁴⁷Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸But if that evil slave should say to himself,^m ‘My master is staying away for a long time,’ ⁴⁹and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with drunkards, ⁵⁰the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and at an hour that he does not know, ⁵¹and will cut him in two and assign his place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!