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"Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time?

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk;

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

then the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know,

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

and he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.