⁴² And ^(A)the Lord said, “^(B)Who then is the faithful and sensible ^(C)steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? ⁴³ Blessed is that ^(D)slave whom his ^[a]master finds so doing when he comes. ⁴⁴ Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁵ But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will take a long time to come,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; ⁴⁶ 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, and will ^[b]cut him in two, and assign ^[c]him a place with the unbelievers.

⁴⁵ “^(A)Who then is the ^(B)faithful and ^(C)sensible slave whom his ^[a]master ^(D)put in charge of his household slaves, 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 he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk; ⁵⁰ then the ^[e]master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know, ⁵¹ and he will ^[f]cut him in two and assign ^[g]him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(F)weeping and gnashing of teeth.