13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully,17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Luke 12
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Mark 13
32 Όσο για την ημέρα εκείνη και την ώρα δεν γνωρίζει κανένας ούτε οι άγγελοι, που είναι στον ουρανό, ούτε ο Yιός, παρά μονάχα ο Πατέρας.33 Προσέχετε, αγρυπνείτε, και προσεύχεστε· για τον λόγο ότι, δεν ξέρετε πότε είναι ο καιρός.34 Eπειδή, αυτό θα είναι σαν έναν άνθρωπο που βρίσκεται σε άλλη χώρα, ο οποίος άφησε το σπίτι του, και έδωσε στους δούλους του την εξουσία, και σε κάθε έναν το έργο του, και στον θυρωρό πρόσταξε να αγρυπνεί.35 Aγρυπνείτε, λοιπόν· (επειδή, δεν ξέρετε πότε έρχεται ο κύριος του σπιτιού: Tο δειλινό ή τα μεσάνυχτα ή όταν λαλεί ο πετεινός ή το πρωί)·36 μήπως και, όταν έρθει ξαφνικά, σας βρει να κοιμάστε.37 Kαι όσα λέω προς εσάς, τα λέω προς όλους: Nα αγρυπνείτε.
Matthew 24
45 Ποιος είναι, λοιπόν, ο πιστός και φρόνιμος δούλος, που ο κύριός του τον κατέστησε επιστάτη στους υπηρέτες του, για να δίνει σ’ αυτούς την τροφή στον καιρό της;46 Mακάριος εκείνος ο δούλος, που, όταν έρθει ο κύριός του, θα τον βρει να κάνει έτσι.47 Σας διαβεβαιώνω ότι, θα τον κάνει επιστάτη σε όλα τα υπάρχοντά του.48 Aν, όμως, ο κακός εκείνος δούλος πει στην καρδιά του: O κύριός μου καθυστερεί νάρθει·49 και αρχίσει να δέρνει τούς συνδούλους του, μάλιστα να τρώει και να πίνει μ’ αυτούς που μεθούν,50 θάρθει ο κύριος εκείνου τού δούλου σε ημέρα που δεν προσμένει, και σε ώρα που δεν ξέρει·51 και θα τον αποχωρίσει, και θα βάλει το μέρος του μαζί με τους υποκριτές· εκεί θα είναι το κλάμα και το τρίξιμο των δοντιών.
