Luke 12:45

Easy To Read Version

But what will happen if that servant is evil and thinks that his master will not come back soon? That servant will begin to beat the other servants, men and women. He will eat and drink and get drunk.

Cross References

Job 24:23

Evil people might feel safe and secure\par for a short time.\par They might want to be powerful.\par

Isaiah 65:6

“Look, here is a bill that must be paid. \{This bill shows you are guilty for your sins.\} I will not be quiet until I pay this bill, and I will pay the bill by punishing you.

Jeremiah 20:2

So he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten. And he had Jeremiah’s hands and feet locked between large blocks of wood. This was at the Upper Gate of Benjamin of the temple.

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [106]} why do people say this poem about the land of Israel:

Ezekiel 34:8

“By my life, I promise this to you. Wild animals caught my sheep. Yes, my flock has become food for all the wild animals. Why? Because they did not have a real shepherd. My shepherds did not look out for my flock. No, those shepherds only killed the sheep and fed themselves. They did not feed my flock.”

Matthew 22:6

Some of the other people grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them.

Luke 12:44

I tell you the truth. The master will choose that servant to take care of everything the master owns.

Luke 12:46

Then the master of that servant will come when that servant is not ready. It will be a time when that servant is not expecting the master. Then the master will punish that servant. The master will send him away to be with the other people that don’t obey.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.

John 2:10

He said to the bridegroom, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now.”

Acts 2:18

At that time,\par I will pour out (give) my Spirit {\cf2\super [28]} \par on my servants, men and women,\par and they will prophesy. {\cf2\super [29]} \par

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.

2 Corinthians 11:20

\{I know you will be patient,\} because you are even patient with a person who forces you to do things and uses you! You are patient with people that trick you, or think they are better than you, or hit you in the face!

Deuteronomy 12:12

Come to that place with all your people—your children, all your servants, and the Levites [76] living in your towns. (These Levites will not have a share of the land for their own.) Enjoy yourselves together there with the Lord your God.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

People who sleep, sleep at night. People who get drunk, get drunk at night.

2 Peter 2:13

These false teachers have made many people suffer. So they themselves will suffer. That is their pay for what they have done. These false teachers think it is fun to do evil things openly \{where all people can see\}. They enjoy the evil things that please them. So they are like dirty spots and stains among you—\{they bring shame to you\} in the meals that you eat together.

2 Peter 2:19

These false teachers promise that those people will have freedom. But the false teachers themselves are not free. They are slaves of things that will be destroyed. A person is a slave to the thing that controls him.

Revelation 16:6

The people have spilled the blood\par of your holy people {\cf2\super [118]} \par and your prophets. {\cf2\super [119]} \par Now you have given those people\par blood to drink.\par This is what they deserve.”\par

Revelation 18:24

She (Babylon) is guilty\par of the blood (death) of the prophets, {\cf2\super [142]} \par of God’s holy people, {\cf2\super [143]} and of all the people who have been killed on earth.”\par