Luke 12:47 - Tree of Life Version

⁴⁷ “That slave who knew his master’s will but did not prepare or act according to his desire will be harshly whipped.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁷ And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁷ And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act as he would wish him to act shall be beaten with many [lashes].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

Common English Bible

⁴⁷ That servant who knew his master’s will but didn’t prepare for it or act on it will be beaten severely.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁷ And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.

Luke 12:47 Cross References

Ezekiel 9:6

kill off old men, young men and girls, little children and women. But touch no one who has the mark. Begin at My Sanctuary.” Then they began with the elders who were before the House.

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said, “Master, are You telling this parable for us, or for everyone?”

Luke 12:46

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. And he will cut him in two and assign him a place with the unfaithful.

John 12:48

The one who rejects Me and doesn’t receive My words has a judge; the word I spoke will judge him on the last day.

John 19:11

Yeshua answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. For this reason, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

John 9:41

Yeshua said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the periods of ignorance, now He commands everyone everywhere to repent.

James 4:17

Therefore whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it—for him it is sin.