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

⁴⁵ "Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing! ⁴⁷ In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management of all his wealth. ⁴⁸ But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,' ⁴⁹ and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed; ⁵¹ he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴¹ "Master," said Peter, "are you addressing this parable to us, or to all alike?"

⁴² "Who, then," replied the Lord, "is the faithful and intelligent steward whom his Master will put in charge of His household to serve out their rations at the proper times? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing. ⁴⁴ I tell you truly that He will put him in authority over all His possessions. ⁴⁵ But if that servant should say in his heart, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess; ⁴⁶ that servant's Master will come on a day when he is not expecting Him and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and make him share the lot of the unfaithful. ⁴⁷ And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes. ⁴⁸ But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.