Mat 24:43-51 | ESV | STEP | But know this , that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming , he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into .

‏ Matthew 24:43-51

43 ^aBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night ^bthe thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ^cready, for ^dthe Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45 “Who then is ^ethe faithful and ^fwise servant, ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verses 46, 48, 50} whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 ^hBlessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, ⁱhe will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master ^jis delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants ^{▼▼Greek bondservants} and eats and drinks with ^ldrunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come ^mon a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place ⁿthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.