Matthew 24:42–51

⁴²“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.^{v 43}But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming,^w he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴So you also must be ready,^x because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

⁴⁵“Who then is the faithful and wise servant,^y whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.^{z 47}Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.^{a 48}But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ ⁴⁹and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.^{b 50}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. ⁵¹He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.^c