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And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or to all?
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And the Lord said, Who, guessest thou, is a true dispenser, and prudent [Who, guessest thou, is a faithful dispenser, and prudent], whom the lord hath ordained on [upon] his household, to give them in time a measure of wheat?
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Blessed is that servant, that the lord when he cometh, shall find so doing. [Blessed is that servant, whom when the lord shall come, he shall find so doing.]
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Verily I say to you, that on [upon] all things that he wieldeth, he shall ordain him.
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That if that servant say in his heart, My lord tarrieth to come; and begin to smite children, and handmaidens, and eat, and drink, and be full-filled over measure [and be filled over measure],
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the lord of that servant shall come, in the day that he hopeth not, and in the hour that he knoweth not, and shall part him (in pieces), and [shall] put his part with unfaithful men.
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But that servant that knew the will of his lord, and made not him(self) ready, and did not after his will, shall be beaten with many beatings.
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But he that knew not, and did worthy things of strokes, shall be beaten with few. For to each man to whom much is given, much shall be asked of him; and they shall ask more of him, to whom they betook much.
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I came to send fire into the earth, and what will I, but that it be kindled?
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And I have to be baptized with a baptism, and how am I constrained, till that it be perfectly done [till it be perfectly done]?
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Ween ye [Guess ye], that I came to give peace into [the] earth? Nay, I say to you, but parting.