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   look for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him to pieces   
   and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.   
   47 (Jas 4:17; Dt 25:2-3) "That servant who knew his master's will,   
   but did not prepare himself or do according to his will,   
   shall be beaten with many stripes.   
   48 (Lev 5:17; 1Ti 1:13) But he who unknowingly committed acts   
   worthy of punishment shall be beaten with few stripes.   
   For to whom much is given, of him much shall be required.   
   And from him to whom much was entrusted, much will be asked.   
      
   [35] Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;   
   [36] And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will   
   return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open   
   unto him immediately.   
   [37] Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find   
   watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them   
   to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.   
   [38] And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,   
   and find them so, blessed are those servants.   
   [39] And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the   
   thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to   
   be broken through.   
   [40] Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when   
   ye think not.   
   [41] Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or   
   even to all?   
   [42] And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his   
   lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat   
   in due season?   
   [43] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so   
   doing.   
   [44] Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he   
   hath.   
   [45] But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;   
   and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink,   
   and to be drunken;   
   [46] The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for   
   him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and   
   will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.   
   [47] And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself,   
   neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.   
   [48] But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be   
   beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be   
   much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the   
   more.   
      
   Jesus the Cause of Division   
   Mt 10:34-36   
      
   49 "I have come to send fire upon the earth   
   and wish that it were already kindled!   
   50 (Jn 19:30) But I have a baptism to be baptized with,   
   and how pressed I am until it is accomplished!   
   51 (Mt 10:34-36) Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth?   
   No, I tell you, but rather division.   
   52 For there will be from now on five divided in one house,   
   three against two and two against three.   
   53 (Mic 7:6) They will be divided, father against son   
   and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother,   
   and mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law   
   against her mother-in-law."   
      
   [49] I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already   
   kindled?   
   [50] But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till   
   it be accomplished!   
   [51] Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but   
   rather division:   
   [52] For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three   
   against two, and two against three.   
   [53] The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the   
   father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the   
   mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in   
   law against her mother in law.   
      
   Discerning the Appointed Time   
   Mt 16:2-3   
      
   54 Then He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rise out of the west,   
   immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it is.   
   55 And when a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be heat,' and it happens.   
   56 (Mt 16:3) You hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky   
   and of the earth. But why do you not know how to discern this time?   
      
   [54] And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the   
   west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.   
   [55] And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it   
   cometh to pass.   
   [56] Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but   
   how is it that ye do not discern this time?   
      
   Settling With Your Accuser   
   Mt 5:25-26   
   57 "Why even among yourselves do you not judge what is right?   
   58 (Mt 5:23-26; 18:30) When you go with your adversary to the magistrate,   
   as you are on the way, diligently try to settle matters with him,   
   lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge will hand you over   
   to the officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.   
   59 (Mk 12:42; Mt 18:34) I tell you, you shall not come out from there until   
   you have paid the very last penny.   
   "Gk. lepton, the smallest coin circulated, means "small" or "thin."   
      
   [57] Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?   
   [58] When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in   
   the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale   
   thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the   
   officer cast thee into prison.   
   [59] I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very   
   last mite.   
      
   Luke 13:1-21   
      
   Repent or Perish   
      
   1 There were present at that time some who told Him of the Galileans   
   whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.   
   2 (Jn 9:2; Ac 28:4) Jesus answered, "Do you suppose that these Galileans   
   were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered   
   such things?   
   3 (Lk 24:47) I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you will all likewise   
   perish.   
   4 (Jn 9:7; 9:11) Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell   
   and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all men   
   living in Jerusalem?   
   5 (Lk 13:3) I tell you, no! But unless you repent,   
   you will all likewise perish."   
      
   [1] There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans,   
   whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.   
   [2] And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans   
   were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?   
   [3] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.   
   [4] Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,   
   think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?   
   [5] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.   
      
   The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree   
      
   6 Then He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard.   
   He came and looked for fruit on it and found none.   
   7 (Ex 32:10; Mt 7:19) So he said to the vinedresser of his vineyard,   
   'Now these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree,   
   and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it deplete the soil?'   
   8 "He answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also,   
   until I dig around it and fertilize it.   
   9 And if it bears fruit, well.   
   But if not, after that you shall cut it down.'"   
      
   [6] He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his   
   vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.   
      
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