Luke 12:39-59 ▼

39 This vnderstonde that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre ye these wolde come he wolde suerly watche: and not suffer his housse to be broken vp.

40 Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

41 Then Peter sayde vnto him: Master tellest thou this similitude vnto vs or to all men?

42 And the Lorde sayde: If there be any faith full servaut and wise whom his Lorde shall make ruler over his housholde to geve them their duetie of meate at due season:

43 happy is that servaunt whom his master when he cometh shall finde soo doinge.

44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you: that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

45 But and yf the evyll servaunt shall saye in his hert: My master wyll differre his cominge and shall beginne to smyte the servauntes and maydens and to eate and drinke and to be dronken:

46 the Lorde of that servaunt will come in a daye when he thinketh not and at an houre when he is not ware and will devyde him and will geve him his rewarde with the vnbelevers.

47 The servaut that knewe his masters will and prepared not him selfe nether dyd accordinge to his will shalbe bete with many strypes.

48 But he that knewe not and yet dyd committe thinges worthy of strypes shalbe beaten with feawe strypes. For vnto whom moche is geven of him shalbe moche requyred. And to whom men moche commyt the moare of him will they axe.

49 I am come to sende fyre on erth: and what is my dysyre but that it were all redy kyndled?

50 Not with stondinge I must de baptised with a baptyme: and how am I payned till it be ended?

51 Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on erth? I tell you naye: but rather debate.

52 For fro hence forthe ther shalbe five in one housse devided thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre.

53 The father shalbe devided agaynst the sonne and the sonne agaynst the father. The mother agaynst the doughter and the doughter agaynst the mother. The motereleawe agaynst hir doughterelawe and the doughterelawe agaynst hir motherelawe.

54 Then sayde he to the people: when ye se a cloude ryse o ut of the west strayght waye ye saye: we shall have a shower and soo it is.

55 And when ye se the south wynde blow ye saye: we shall have heet and it cometh to passe.

56 Ypocrites ye can skyll of the fassion of the erth and of the skye: but what is ye cause that ye canot skyll of this time?

57 Ye and why iudge ye not of youre selves what is righte?

58 Whill thou goest with thyne adversary to the ruler: as thou arte in the waye geve diligence that thou mayst be delivered fro him least he bringe the to the iudge and the iudge delyver the to the iaylar and the iaylar cast the in to preson.

59 I tell ye thou departest not thence tyll thou have made good ye vtmost myte.