Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
47 "The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.
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“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.
48 But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.
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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.
49 "I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!
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But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
51 Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division.
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Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52 From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.
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From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
53 Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law."
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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.”
54 Jesus said also to the people, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain - and it does.
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He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.
55 And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot - and it does.
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And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56 Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?
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Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
57 "Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do?
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“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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