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Blessed is that servant whom, when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.
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Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.
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But if that servant shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:
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The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
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And that servant, who knew the will of his lord and prepared not himself and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
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But he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
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I am come to cast fire on the earth. And what will I, but that it be kindled?
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And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized. And how am I straitened until it be accomplished?
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Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
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For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
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The father shall be divided against the son and the son against his father: the mother against the daughter and the daughter against her mother: the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law law against her mother-in-law.