45 (A)Who then is the (B)faithful and (C)sensible slave whom his (a)master (D)put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that slave whom his (b)master finds so doing when he comes. 47 Truly I say to you that (E)he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My (c)master (d)is not coming for a long time,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the (e)master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51 and will (f)cut him in pieces and (g)assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be (F)weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 24:45: ['Or ', lord]
b. Matthew 24:46: ['Or ', lord]
c. Matthew 24:48: ['Or ', lord]
d. Matthew 24:48: ['Lit ', lingers]
e. Matthew 24:50: ['Or ', lord]
f. Matthew 24:51: ['Or ', severely scourge him]
g. Matthew 24:51: ['Lit ', appoint his portion]

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