47. And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.
48. But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.
49. “I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!
50. But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!
51. Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
52. From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.
53. They will be divided, father against son,son against father,mother against daughter,daughter against mother,mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law,and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54. He also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.
55. And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be a scorcher! ’ and it is.
56. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?
57. “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?