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Luke 12:47-52 Good News Bible (GNB)

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.

52. From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.

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