Luke 12:41-48

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴¹ Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us or to everybody?”

⁴² The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager,^[a] whom the master will put in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? ⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his master will find doing so when he comes. ⁴⁴ Truly I tell you: He will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁵ But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is staying away for a long time.’ And he begins to beat the male and female servants, to eat and drink and become drunk, ⁴⁶ then the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he was not expected and at an hour that his servant does not know. The master will cut him in two and assign him a place with the unbelievers. ⁴⁷ That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to what his master wanted, will be punished severely. ⁴⁸ But the one who did not know, and did something worthy of punishment, will be punished lightly. From everyone to whom much was given, much will be expected. From the one who was entrusted with much, much more will be asked.