³² “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.^{(A) 33} Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.^{(B) 34} For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.^(C)

Watchful Slaves

³⁵ “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit;^{(D) 36} be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. ³⁷ Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them.^{(E) 38} If he comes during the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

³⁹ “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he^[a] would not have let his house be broken into.^{(F) 40} You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”^(G)