Luke 12: 37. Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them. 38. And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they. 39. Of this be sure, that if the master of the house had known what time the robber was coming, he would have kept awake and not have allowed his house to be broken into. 40. Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come." 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. 49. "I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!
Matthew 25: 14. "Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care. 15. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home. 16. Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more. 17. In the same way he who had the two gained two more. 18. But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money. 19. "After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them. 20. The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, "`Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.' 21. "`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.' 22. "The second, who had received the two talents, came and said, "`Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.' 23. "`Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.' 24. "But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "`Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed. 25. So being afraid I went and buried your talent in the ground: there you have what belongs to you.' 26. "`You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, `did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed? 27. Your duty then was to deposit my money in some bank, and so when I came I should have got back my property with interest. 28. So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.' 30. `But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.' 31. "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne, 32. and all the nations will be gathered into His presence. And He will separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; 33. and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats at His left. 34. "Then the King will say to those at His right, "`Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world. 35. For when I was hungry, you gave me food; when I was thirsty, you gave me drink; when I was homeless, you gave me a welcome; 36. when I was ill-clad, you clothed me; when I was sick, you visited me; when I was in prison, you came to see me.' 37. "`When, Lord,' the righteous will reply, `did we see Thee hungry, and feed Thee; or thirsty, and give Thee drink? 38. When did we see Thee homeless, and give Thee a welcome? or ill-clad, and clothe Thee? 39. When did we see Thee sick or in prison, and come to see Thee?' 40. "But the King will answer them, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.' 41. "Then will He say to those at His left, "`Begone from me, with the curse resting upon you, into the Fire of the Ages, which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels. 42. For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink; 43. when homeless, you gave me no welcome; ill-clad, you clothed me not; sick or in prison, you visited me not.' 44. "Then will they also answer, "`Lord, when did we see Thee hungry or thirsty or homeless or ill-clad or sick or in prison, and not come to serve Thee?' 45. "But he will reply, "`In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you withheld such services from one of the humblest of these, you withheld them from me.' 46. "And these shall go away into the Punishment of the Ages, but the righteous into the Life of the Ages."
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