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Kefa said, "Sir, are you telling this parable for our benefit only or
for everyone's?"
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The Lord replied, "Who
is the faithful and sensible manager whose master puts him in charge of
the household staff to give them their share of food at the proper
time?
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It will go well with that servant if he is found
doing his job when his master comes.
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Yes, I tell you he will put him in charge of all he
owns.
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But if that servant says to himself, `My master is
taking his time coming,' and starts bullying the men- and women-servants,
and eating and drinking, getting drunk,
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then his master will come on a day when the servant
isn't expecting him, at a time he doesn't know in advance; his master will
cut him in two and put him with the disloyal.
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Now the servant who knew what his master wanted but
didn't prepare or act according to his will, will be whipped with many
lashes;
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however, the one who did what deserves a beating,
but didn't know, will receive few lashes. From him who has been given
much, much will be demanded -- from someone to whom people entrust much,
they ask still more. |
