44. “Truly, I say to you that he shall appoint him over all his possessions.
45. “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male servants and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,
46. the master of that servant shall come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour that he does not know, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
47. “And that servant who knew his master’s desire, and did not prepare, nor did according to his desire, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48. “But he who did not know, yet did what deserved flogging, shall be beaten with few. And everyone to whom much is given, from him much shall be demanded. And to whom much has been entrusted, from him much more shall be asked.
49. “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50. “But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51. “Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? I say to you, no, but rather division.
52. “For from now on five in one house shall be divided, three against two, and two against three –
53. father shall be divided against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54. And He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it is.
55. “And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There shall be hot weather,’ and it is.
56. “Hypocrites! You know to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?
57. “And why, also, do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
58. “For, as you go with your opponent to a ruler, try hard along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59. “I say to you, you shall certainly not leave there until you have paid even the last mite.”