37. Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by and serve them.
38. Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find them like this, blessed are they!
39. But understand this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
40. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come.”
41. And Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or also for everyone?”
42. And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful wise manager whom the master will put in charge over his servants to give them their food allowance at the right time?
43. Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes back.
44. Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45. But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time to return,’ and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,