37. “Happy are those slaves whose master finds them alert when he comes. Amen, I tell you, he will prepare himself and have them recline at table, and will come and serve them.
38. ”And if he comes in the second or even the third watch and finds them so, they will be happy.
39. But understand this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you don’t expect.”
41. Then Peter said, “Master, are You telling this parable for us, or for everyone?”
42. And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their food portion at the proper time?
43. Blessed is that servant whose master finds him so doing when he comes.
44. Truly I tell you, his master will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45. “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the young slave boys and girls and to eat and drink and get drunk,