The focus of this parable is the search for a leader who can be trusted to look after fellow servants. It assumes that there is a master with many servants who appoints one to be in charge while he goes away for a time.1 Historically it has been understood as a parable that speaks particularly to church office bearers/leaders (see 2 Peter 2:3; Micah 3:11–12; 1 Timothy 6:5),2 although the application also includes lay members.
45 Quel est donc le serviteur fidèle et prudent, que son maître a établi sur ses gens, pour leur donner la nourriture au temps convenable?