32. “Don’t fear, little flock. Your Father wants to share his kingdom with you.
33. Sell the things you have and give that money to those who need it. This is the only way you can keep your riches from being lost. You will be storing treasure in heaven that lasts forever. Thieves can’t steal that treasure, and moths can’t destroy it.
34. Your heart will be where your treasure is.
35. “Be ready! Be fully dressed and have your lights shining.
36. Be like servants who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. The master comes and knocks, and the servants immediately open the door for him.
37. When their master sees that they are ready and waiting for him, it will be a great day for those servants. I can tell you without a doubt, the master will get himself ready to serve a meal and tell the servants to sit down. Then he will serve them.
38. Those servants might have to wait until midnight or later for their master. But they will be glad they did when he comes in and finds them still waiting.
39. “What would a homeowner do if he knew when a thief was coming? You know he would not let the thief break in.
40. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time when you don’t expect him!”
41. Peter said, “Lord, did you tell this story for us or for all people?”
42. The Lord said, “Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?
43. When the master comes and finds him doing the work he gave him, it will be a day of blessing for that servant!