| [21]servants, | | _so_ shall it | to each one his| | come upon all | work, commanded| | them that _Parable of | also the porter| | dwell on the the Porter_ |35 to watch. Watch|42 Watch | face of all | therefore: for | therefore: for |36 the earth. But | ye know not | ye know not on | watch ye at | when the lord | what day your | every season, | of the house | Lord cometh. | making | cometh, whether| | supplication, | at even, or at | | that ye may | midnight, or at| | prevail to | cockcrowing, or| | escape all | in the morning;| | these things |36 lest coming | | that shall | suddenly he | | come to pass, | find you | | and to stand |37 sleeping. And |43 [14]But know | before the Son _Parable of | what I say unto| this, that if | of man. the Master of| you I say unto | the master of | the House._ | all, Watch. | the house had | | | known in what | | | watch the thief| | was coming, he would have watched, and would not have | suffered his house to be [15]broken through. |44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye _Parable of |45 think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is the the Faithful | faithful and wise [16]servant, whom his lord hath Servant and | set over his household, to give them their food in of the Evil |46 due season? Blessed is that [16]servant, whom his Servant._ |47 lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I | say unto you, that he will set him over all that he |48 hath. But if that evil [16]servant shall say in his |49 heart, My lord tarrieth; and shall begin to beat his | fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the |50 drunken; the lord of that [16]servant shall come in | a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he |51 knoweth not, and shall [17]cut him asunder, and | appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall | be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. [Footnote 1: Gr. _presence_.] [Footnote 2: Or, _the consummation of the age_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _these good tidings_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _inhabited earth_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _through_.] [Footnote 6: Or, _a holy place_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _him_.]