42. And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute [the] food allowance at the proper time?
43. Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
44. Truly, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
45. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk,
46. then that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
47. That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely;