Twentieth_Century(i)
39 Taking not notice till the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
40 At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
41 Of two women grinding with the hand-mill one will be taken and one left.
42 Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
43 But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
44 Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
45 Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by his master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?
46 Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
47 I tell you that his master will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
48 But, should he be a bad servant, and say to himself 'My master is a long time in coming,'
49 And begin to beat his fellow-servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,
50 That servant's master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware,