You Must Be Ready

35 ^d“Stay dressed for action¹ and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 ^eBlessed are those servants² whom the master finds ^fawake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, ^ghe will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.

42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise ^mmanager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant¹ whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.