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It will be good for the servant if the master finds him doing his job when the master returns.
44
What I'm about to tell you is true. The master will put that servant in charge of everything he owns.
45
"But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time to come back.' Suppose he begins to beat the other servants. Suppose he feeds himself. And suppose he drinks until he gets drunk.
46
The master of that servant will come back on a day the servant doesn't expect him. He will return at an hour the servant doesn't know. Then the master will cut him to pieces. He will send him to the place where unbelievers go.
47
"Suppose a servant knows his master's wishes. But he doesn't get ready. And he doesn't do what his master wants. That servant will be beaten with many blows.
48
"But suppose the servant does not know his master's wishes. And suppose he does things for which he should be punished. He will be beaten with only a few blows. "Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. Even more will be asked of the person who is supposed to take care of much.
Jesus Will Separate People From One Another
49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth. How I wish the fire had already started!
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But I have a baptism of suffering to go through. And I will be very troubled until it is completed.
51
"Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you. I have come to separate people.
52
From now on there will be five members in a family, each one against the other. There will be three against two and two against three.
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They will be separated. Father will turn against son and son against father. Mother will turn against daughter and daughter against mother. Mother-in-law will turn against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."