Luke 12:47

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If servants are not ready or willing to do what their master wants them to do, they will be beaten hard.

Cross References

Luke 12:41

Peter asked Jesus, “Did you say this just for us or for everyone?”

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.

John 12:48

But everyone who rejects me and my teachings will be judged on the last day by what I have said.

John 19:11

Jesus replied, “If God had not given you the power, you couldn't do anything at all to me. But the one who handed me over to you did something even worse.”

John 9:41

Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty.”

Acts 17:30

In the past, God forgave all this because people did not know what they were doing. But now he says that everyone everywhere must turn to him.

James 4:17

If you don't do what you know is right, you have sinned.