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41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
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41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
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42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
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42 The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
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43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
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43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
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44 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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44 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
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45 But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk.
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45 But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk.
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46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
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47 "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.
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47 "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.
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48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
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48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
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49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
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50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
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51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
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52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
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53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
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53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
