³² “Do not be afraid,^(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.^{(B) 33} Sell your possessions and give to the poor.^(C) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven^(D) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.^{(E) 34} For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.^(F)

Watchfulness^(G)(H)

³⁵ “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, ³⁶ like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. ³⁷ It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.^(I) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.^{(J) 38} It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. ³⁹ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief^(K) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁰ You also must be ready,^(L) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”