41. Peter said, “Lord, does this parable apply to us, or do you mean it for everyone?”
42. The Lord answered, “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? He is the one that his master will put in charge, to run the household and give the other servants their share of the food at the proper time.
43. How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!
44. Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property.
45. But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,