lūkaḥ 12:39-48

³⁹aparañca kasmin kṣaṇe caurā āgamiṣyanti iti yadi gṛhapati rjñātuṁ śaknoti tadāvaśyaṁ jāgran nijagṛhe sandhiṁ karttayituṁ vārayati yūyametad vitta|

⁴⁰ataeva yūyamapi sajjamānāstiṣṭhata yato yasmin kṣaṇe taṁ nāprekṣadhve tasminneva kṣaṇe manuṣyaputra āgamiṣyati|

⁴¹tadā pitaraḥ papraccha, he prabho bhavān kimasmān uddiśya kiṁ sarvvān uddiśya dṛṣṭāntakathāmimāṁ vadati?

⁴²tataḥ prabhuḥ provāca, prabhuḥ samucitakāle nijaparivārārthaṁ bhojyapariveṣaṇāya yaṁ tatpade niyokṣyati tādṛśo viśvāsyo boddhā karmmādhīśaḥ kosti?

⁴³prabhurāgatya yam etādṛśe karmmaṇi pravṛttaṁ drakṣyati saeva dāso dhanyaḥ|

⁴⁴ahaṁ yuṣmān yathārthaṁ vadāmi sa taṁ nijasarvvasvasyādhipatiṁ kariṣyati|

⁴⁵kintu prabhurvilambenāgamiṣyati, iti vicintya sa dāso yadi tadanyadāsīdāsān praharttum bhoktuṁ pātuṁ madituñca prārabhate,

⁴⁶tarhi yadā prabhuṁ nāpekṣiṣyate yasmin kṣaṇe so'cetanaśca sthāsyati tasminneva kṣaṇe tasya prabhurāgatya taṁ padabhraṣṭaṁ kṛtvā viśvāsahīnaiḥ saha tasya aṁśaṁ nirūpayiṣyati|

⁴⁷yo dāsaḥ prabheाrājñāṁ jñātvāpi sajjito na tiṣṭhati tadājñānusāreṇa ca kāryyaṁ na karoti sonekān prahārān prāpsyati;

⁴⁸kintu yo jano'jñātvā prahārārhaṁ karmma karoti solpaprahārān prāpsyati| yato yasmai bāhulyena dattaṁ tasmādeva bāhulyena grahīṣyate, mānuṣā yasya nikaṭe bahu samarpayanti tasmād bahu yācante|