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What does Matthew 24:47 mean?

"Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has."

— Matthew 24:47 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.

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“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

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Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

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Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

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But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’

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and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

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the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,

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