37. Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
38. And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those bondmen.
39. But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.