Be Ready

36 “No one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels of [fn]heaven, but only [fn]my Father. 37 [fn]As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in [fn]the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah went into the ark. 39 They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding grain at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. 42 Therefore keep watch, for you do not know [fn]in what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this: If the master of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect him.

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47 Truly I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed [fn]in coming,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and [fn]to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, 51 and will cut him in two and assign his portion to be with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.