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And that servant who knew his master's will, but did not make ready or act according to his will, shall receive a severe beating.
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But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.
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"I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!
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I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!
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Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;
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for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three;
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they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
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He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens.
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And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
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You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
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"And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?