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like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
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It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.
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It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.
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But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
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You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”