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But andifthatservantsayinhisheart,Mylorddelayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservantsandmaidens,and to eatanddrink, and to be drunken;
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The lord of thatservant will comein a daywhen he lookethnotfor him, andat an hourwhen he isnotaware, and will cut[a]him in sunder, and will appoint him hisportionwith the unbelievers.
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Andthatservant,whichknewhislord'swill,andpreparednot himself, neitherdidaccording to hiswill, shall be beaten with many stripes.
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But he that knewnot,and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever*much is given, ofhim shall be muchrequired: and to whom men have committedmuch, of him they will ask the more.
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I am come to sendfireon the earth;andwhat will I, if it bealreadykindled?
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But I have a baptism to be baptized with; andhow am I straitened[b]tillit be accomplished!
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Suppose yethat I am come to givepeaceonearth? I tellyou,Nay;butratherdivision:
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Forfromhenceforth there shall befiveinonehousedivided, threeagainsttwo,andtwoagainstthree.
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The father shall be dividedagainst the son,and the sonagainst the father; the motheragainst the daughter,and the daughteragainst the mother; the mother in lawagainsther daughter in law,and the daughter in lawagainsther mother in law.
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And he saidalso to the people,When ye see a cloudrise out of the west,straightway ye say, There cometh a shower;andso it is.
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Andwhen ye see the south windblow, ye say*, There will beheat;and it cometh to pass.