38. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or towards daybreak.
39. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.’
41. Peter asked, ‘Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?’
42. The Lord answered, ‘Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
43. It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
44. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45. But suppose the servant says to himself, “My master is taking a long time in coming,” and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.