The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

Therefore just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, thus it will be at the end of this age.

Then after much time, the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

"And when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne.

who will recompense to each one according to his works:

But to those who are contentious, and who disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness--indignation and wrath,

but glory, honor, and peace to everyone that works good, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, in accordance with the things which he did, whether good or bad.

so also Christ having been offered once in order to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time apart from sin for salvation, to those eagerly waiting for Him.

Then I saw a great white throne and He who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled. And no place was found for them.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened the books. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by the things having been written in the books, according to their works.

And Abram said, Master and Lord, what shall You give me? Seeing I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is my heir].

And Joseph found grace in the presence of his master, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house; and all that he had, he gave into the hand of Joseph.

And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, except the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.

And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,

And remain in that very house, eating and drinking what they have, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

And the Lord said, "Who then is a faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this [man] was accused to him as wasting his possessions.

And calling him, he said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'

Let a man so consider us, as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Now furthermore what is required among the stewards, is that one be found faithful.

For a bishop must be unimpeachable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.