6 [12:41]And Peter said to him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or also to all? [12:42]And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them their proper food in due time? [12:43]Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. [12:44]I tell you truly, that he will set him over all his property. [12:45]But if that servant says in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begins to beat the younger servants, and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, [12:46]the lord of that servant will come in a day that he looks not for him, and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and give him his part with the faithless. [12:47]And that servant who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; [12:48]but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And from any one to whom much is given, much will be demanded; and of him with whom men have deposited much, they will ask more. 7 [12:49]I have come to send a fire on the earth; and what will I if it is already kindled? [12:50]But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished! [12:51]Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division. [12:52]For from this time there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two shall be divided against three; [12:53]a father against a son, and a son against a father; a mother against the daughter, and a daughter against the mother; a mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law. 8 [12:54]And he also said to the multitudes, When you see a cloud rise in the west you immediately say, There comes a shower; and it is so. [12:55]And when the south wind blows you say, There will be heat; and there is. [12:56] Hypocrites! You know how to distinguish the appearance of the earth and sky, and how do you not distinguish this time? [12:57]And why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right? [12:58]For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison; [12:59] I tell you that you shall not go out thence till you have paid even the last lepton [2 mill]. CHAPTER XVIII. CHRIST COMMENTING ON THE SLAUGHTER OF CERTAIN GALILEANS, CURING A DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH, THE SAVED, ETC.