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"Blessed is that 1slavewhom his masterfindssodoing when he comes.
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"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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"But if that slavesays in his heart, 'My master will be a longtime in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves*, both men and women, and to eat and drink and getdrunk;
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the master of that slave will come on a daywhen he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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"And that slave who knew his master'swill and did not getreadyoract in accord with his will, will2receivemanylashes,
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but the one who did not 3know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. 4From everyonewho has been givenmuch, much will be required; and to whom they entrustedmuch, of him they will askall the more.
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49"I have come to castfire upon the earth; and how I wish it were alreadykindled!
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"But I have a 5baptism to undergo, and howdistressed I am until it is accomplished!
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"6Do you suppose that I came to grantpeace on earth? I tell you, no, but ratherdivision;
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for from now on five members in onehousehold will be divided, threeagainsttwo and twoagainstthree.
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"They will be divided, 7fatheragainstson and sonagainstfather, motheragainstdaughter and daughteragainstmother, mother-in-lawagainstdaughter-in-law and daughter-in-lawagainstmother-in-law."