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35 “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burn­ing, 36 and be like men who are wait­ing for their mas­ter to come home from the wed­ding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those ser­vants whom the mas­ter finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress him­self for ser­vice and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those ser­vants! 39 But know this, that if the mas­ter of the house had known at what hour the thief was com­ing, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is com­ing at an hour you do not expect.”

41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this par­able for us or for all?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faith­ful and wise man­ager, whom his mas­ter will set over his house­hold, to give them their por­tion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that ser­vant whom his mas­ter will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his pos­ses­sions. 45 But if that ser­vant says to him­self, ‘My mas­ter is delayed in com­ing,’ and begins to beat the male and female ser­vants, 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 will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaith­ful. 47 And that ser­vant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act accord­ing to his will, will receive a severe beat­ing. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beat­ing, will receive a light beat­ing. Every­one to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrus­ted much, they will demand the more. (ESV)