012:042 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward,
whom his lord will set over his household, to give them
their portion of food at the right times?
012:043 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so
when he comes.
012:044 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
012:045 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,'
and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants,
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
012:046 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't
expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will
cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
012:047 That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare,
nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
012:048 but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes,
will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given,
of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted,
of him more will be asked.
012:049 "I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
012:050 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed
I am until it is accomplished!
012:051 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth?
I tell you, no, but rather division.
012:052 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided,
three against two, and two against three.
012:053 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father;
mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother;
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law."
012:054 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising
from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,'
and so it happens.
012:055 When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,'
and it happens.
012:056 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance
of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't
interpret this time?
012:057 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?
012:058 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate,
try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps
he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer,
and the officer throw you into prison.
012:059 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there,
until you have paid the very last penny.{literally, lepton.
A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman
quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion.
Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural
worker's daily wages.}"
013:001 Now there were some present at the same time who told
him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed
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