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Luke 12:47-51 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

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.

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.

49. “I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50. I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!

51. Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division.

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