Luke 12:41–48

⁴¹Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

⁴²The Lord^g answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? ⁴³It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. ⁴⁴Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁵But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. ⁴⁶The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.^h He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.^{i 48}But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.^j From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.