The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of — the unexpected return is the governing image of the entire passage: readiness is not preparation for a predictable event but a sustained orientation toward an unpredictable one. The servant who has maintained faithful management throughout the absence needs no special preparation when the master returns, because every day of faithfulness was preparation.

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