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,
46. the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. And he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
47. “That slave who knew his master’s will but did not prepare or act according to his desire will be harshly whipped.
48. But the one who did not know and did things worthy of a beating will be whipped lightly. From everyone given much, much will be required; and from the one for whom more is provided, all the more they will ask of him.
49. “I came to pour out fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze!
50. But I have an immersion to endure, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
51. “Do you suppose that I have come to bring shalom on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
52. From now on there will be five in one house in opposition, three against two and two against three.
53. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54. Then He also was saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, instantly you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming’—and so it is.
55. And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a scorcher’—and so it is.