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40 At that time there will be two men [working] in a field; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord. See I Thess. 4:17], while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord. See II Thess. 1:7-9].
41 Two women will be grinding grain at a millstone [Note: This was a hand-operated device where two persons sat across from each other and rotated a circular stone over kernels of grain]; one will be taken, while the other one will be left.
42 Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.
43 But you should know this: if the owner of a house had known when a thief was coming, he would have been watching so as not to allow his house to be broken into.
44 Therefore, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will come at a time when you least expect Him.
45 “Who then, is the trustworthy and sensible slave, to whom his master has assigned the management of his household to provide timely meals for its members?
46 That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].
47 Truly I tell you, he will put that slave in charge of his entire estate.
48 But if that slave, with evil intent, should think to himself, ‘My master will not be back very soon,’
49 and then becomes physically abusive to his fellow-slaves, and eats and drinks [at parties] with drunkards,
50 that slave’s master will return on a day that he least expects, and at an unknown hour.