30. All the people in the world are trying to get those things. Your Father knows that you need them.
31. The thing you should seek is God’s kingdom. Then all the other things you need will be given to you.
32. “Don’t fear, little flock. Your Father wants to give you the kingdom.
33. Sell the things you have and give to the poor. Get for yourselves purses that don’t wear out. Get the treasure in heaven that never runs out. Thieves can’t steal it in heaven, and moths can’t destroy it.
34. Your heart will be where your treasure is.
35. “Be ready! Be dressed for service and have your lamps shining.
36. Be like servants who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. The master comes and knocks. The servants immediately open the door for him.
37. Those servants will be blessed when their master comes home, because he sees that his servants are ready and waiting for him. I tell you the truth. The master will dress himself to serve and tell the servants to sit at the table. Then the master will serve them.
38. Those servants might have to wait until midnight or later for their master. But they will be happy when he comes in and finds them still waiting.
39. “Remember this: If the owner of the house knew what time a thief was coming, then the owner would not allow the thief to enter his house.
40. So you also must be ready! The Son of Man will come at a time when you don’t expect him!”
41. Peter said, “Lord, did you tell this story for us or for all people?”
42. The Lord said, “Who is the wise and trusted servant? Who is the servant the master trusts to give the other servants their food at the right time?
43. When the master comes and finds his servant doing the work he gave him, that servant will be very happy.
44. I tell you the truth. The master will choose that servant to take care of everything the master owns.
45. But what will happen if the servant is evil and thinks that his master will not come back soon? That servant will begin to beat the other servants, men and women. He will eat and drink and get drunk.