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.
53. Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.”
54. Jesus said also to the people, “When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain — and it does.
55. And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot — and it does.
56. Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?