The Faithful or the Wicked Servant^(A)

⁴⁵ “Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others^[a] their food at the right time? ⁴⁶ How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes! ⁴⁷ I tell all of you^[b] with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.

⁴⁸ “But if that wicked servant says to himself,^[c] ‘My master has been delayed,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks, ⁵⁰ that servant’s master will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour that he doesn’t know. ⁵¹ Then his master^[d] will punish him severely^[e] and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”^[f]