45 “As a result, we’ll see who the faithful and watchful slave is—the one who the master appointed to run all the affairs of his household. 46 That slave will be rewarded if the master finds him working faithful when he arrives suddenly. 47 I can assure you that he’ll appoint the slave to supervise everything that he possesses. 48 But if the evil slave says to himself, ‘Ah, the master won’t be back for a long time yet,’ 49 and starts beating his fellow slaves, and spends time eating and drinking with drunkards, 50 then his master will arrive when he’s not expecting it 51 and will torture him and place him in with the hypocrites where there’ll be crying and great anguish.