Matthew 24:45-51 - A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave

⁴⁵ If there be any faithful servant and wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household, for to give them meat in season convenient; ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant: whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸ But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my master will defer his coming, ⁴⁹ and begin to smite his fellows: yea and to eat and to drink with the drunken: ⁵⁰ that servant's master will come in a day when he looketh not for him: and in a hour that he is not aware of, ⁵¹ and will divide him, and give him his reward with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

⁴¹ Then Peter said unto him, "Master tellest thou this similitude unto us, or to all men?"

⁴² And the Lord said, "If there be any faithful servant, and wise, whom his Lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their duty of meat, at due season: ⁴³ Happy is that servant, whom his master when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁴ Of a truth I say unto you, That he will make him ruler over all that he hath. ⁴⁵ But and if the evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My master will defer his coming,' and shall begin to smite the servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken: ⁴⁶ the Lord of that servant will come in a day, when he thinketh not, and at a hour when he is not aware, and will divide him, and will give him his reward, with the unbelievers. ⁴⁷ The servant that knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. ⁴⁸ But he that knew not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whom much is given: of him shall be much required. And to whom men much commit, the more of him will they ask.