37. “Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, shall find watching. Truly, I say to you that he shall gird himself and make them sit down to eat, and shall come and serve them.
38. “And if he comes in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39. “And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40. “And you, then, be ready, for the Son of Aḏam is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41. And Kĕpha said to Him, “Master, do You speak this parable to us, or also to all?”
42. And the Master said, “Who then is the trustworthy and wise manager, whom his master shall appoint over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?
43. “Blessed is that servant whom his master shall find so doing when he comes.
44. “Truly, I say to you that he shall appoint him over all his possessions.
45. “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male servants and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,
46. the master of that servant shall come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour that he does not know, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
47. “And that servant who knew his master’s desire, and did not prepare, nor did according to his desire, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48. “But he who did not know, yet did what deserved flogging, shall be beaten with few. And everyone to whom much is given, from him much shall be demanded. And to whom much has been entrusted, from him much more shall be asked.
49. “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50. “But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51. “Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? I say to you, no, but rather division.