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Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or
to all people?”
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And the Lord said, “Who then is that faithful and
wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give
them their portion of food in due season?
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Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so
doing when he comes.
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Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he
has.
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But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master
is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female
servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,
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the master of that servant will come on a day when
he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will
cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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And that servant who knew his master’s will, and
did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with
many stripes.
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But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall
be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will
be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the
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