“Don’t worry about your life,” said Jesus. “Don’t worry about what you’ll eat or what you’ll wear. For life’s more than food, and the body more than clothes.
“Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you can’t do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They don’t labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow’s thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! And don’t set your heart on what you’ll eat or drink; don’t worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for your Father’s been pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that won’t wear out, a treasure in heaven that’ll never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 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. It’ll be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he’ll dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It’ll be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he wouldn’t have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you don’t expect him.”
Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It’ll be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he’ll put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master’s taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour he’s not aware of. He’ll cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
“The servant who knows the master’s will and doesn’t get ready or doesn’t do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who doesn’t know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who’s been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who’s been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”
Luke
At Break of Day 