Luke 12:45

Contemporary English Version 1995

But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late. Suppose that servant starts beating all the other servants and eats and drinks and gets drunk.

Cross References

Revelation 18:24

On the streets of Babylon is found the blood of God's people and of his prophets, and everyone else.”

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of your people and your prophets. So you gave them blood to drink as they deserve!”

2 Peter 2:19

They promise freedom to everyone. But they are merely slaves of filthy living, because people are slaves of whatever controls them.

2 Peter 2:13

They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil. They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoiled by the shameful and selfish way they carry on.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

Romans 16:18

They want to serve themselves and not Christ the Lord. Their flattery and fancy talk fool people who don't know any better.

Matthew 22:6

Others grabbed the servants, then beat them up and killed them.

Ezekiel 12:22

Ezekiel, son of man, you've heard people in Israel use the saying, “Time passes, and prophets are proved wrong.”

Jeremiah 20:2

and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the Lord's temple.

Isaiah 65:6

I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.

Luke 12:44

A servant who is always faithful will surely be put in charge of everything the master owns.

Luke 12:46

If that happens, the master will come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him. That servant will then be punished and thrown out with the servants who cannot be trusted.

Luke 21:34

Don't spend all of your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you

John 2:10

and said, “The best wine is always served first. Then after the guests have had plenty, the other wine is served. But you have kept the best until last!”

Acts 2:18

In those days I will give my Spirit to my servants, both men and women, and they will prophesy.

Job 24:23

God may let them feel secure, but they are never out of his sight.