Luke 12:39-59 ▼

39 And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken through;

40 and you, then, become ready, because at the hour you do not think, the Son of Man comes.”

41 And Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this allegory to us, or also to all?”

42 And the LORD said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord will set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

43 Blessed that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so;

44 truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods.

45 And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken,

46 the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not look for [him], and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him off, and he will appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

47 And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,

48 and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few; and to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they committed much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

49 I came to cast fire to the earth, and what I wish [is] if it were already kindled!

50 But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!

51 Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division;

52 for there will be from now on five in one house divided—three against two, and two against three;

53 a father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

54 And He also said to the multitudes, “When you may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, A shower comes, and it is so;

55 and when a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;

56 hypocrites! You have known to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how do you not discern this time?

57 And why, also, of yourselves, do you not judge what is righteous?

58 For as you are going away with your opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison;

59 I say to you, you may not come forth from there until even the last mite you may give back.”