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Luke 12:35-40; Luke 12:49-59 (English Standard Version)

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Luke 12:35-40 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage You Must Be Ready ³⁵^(A) "Stay dressed for action^[a] and^(B) keep your lamps burning, ³⁶and be like men who are^(C) waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and^(D) knocks. ³⁷^(E) Blessed are those servants^[b] whom the master finds^(F) awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you,^(G) he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. ³⁸If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! ³⁹^(H) But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour^(I) the thief was coming, he^[c] would not have left his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰You also must be^(J) ready, for^(K) the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." Footnotes: Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11 Luke 12:37 Greek bondservants Luke 12:39 Some manuscripts add would have stayed awake and Cross references: Luke 12:35 : Eph 6:14; 1 Pet 1:13 Luke 12:35 : Matt 25:7 Luke 12:36 : 2 Pet 3:12 Luke 12:36 : Rev 3:20 Luke 12:37 : Matt 24:42, 46 Luke 12:37 : John 13:4; Luke 12:35; Luke 17:8 Luke 12:37 : Luke 22:27 Luke 12:39 : For Luke 12:39-46, Matt 24:43-51 Luke 12:39 : 1 Thess 5:2; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3 Luke 12:40 : Luke 12:47; Matt 25:10 Luke 12:40 : Luke 21:27 English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
Luke 12:49-59 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Not Peace, but Division ⁴⁹^(A) "I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! ⁵⁰^(B) I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how^(C) great is my distress until it is accomplished! ⁵¹^(D) Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?^(E) No, I tell you, but rather division. ⁵²For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. ⁵³They will be divided,^(F) father 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 mother-in-law." Interpreting the Time ⁵⁴He also said to the crowds, ^(G) "When you see^(H) a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming.' And so it happens. ⁵⁵And^(I) when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be^(J) scorching heat,' and it happens. ⁵⁶You hypocrites!^(K) You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Settle with Your Accuser ⁵⁷"And why^(L) do you not judge^(M) for yourselves what is right? ⁵⁸^(N) As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. ⁵⁹I tell you,^(O) you will never get out until you have paid the very last^(P) penny."^[a] Footnotes: Luke 12:59 Greek lepton, a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer) Cross references: Luke 12:49 : Matt 3:11 Luke 12:50 : Mark 10:38 Luke 12:50 : 2 Cor 5:14 (Gk) Luke 12:51 : For Luke 12:51-53, Matt 10:34, 35 Luke 12:51 : Rev 6:4 Luke 12:53 : Matt 10:21; Mic 7:6 Luke 12:54 : Matt 16:2, 3 Luke 12:54 : 1 Kgs 18:43, 44 Luke 12:55 : Luke 12:54 Luke 12:55 : Matt 20:12 Luke 12:56 : Matt 16:3 Luke 12:57 : Luke 21:30 Luke 12:57 : John 7:24; 1 Cor 11:13 Luke 12:58 : Matt 5:25, 26; Prov 25:8 Luke 12:59 : Matt 18:34, 35 Luke 12:59 : Luke 21:2; Mark 12:42 English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.

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Luke 12:35-40

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You Must Be Ready

³⁵^(A) "Stay dressed for action^[a] and^(B) keep your lamps burning, ³⁶and be like men who are^(C) waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and^(D) knocks. ³⁷^(E) Blessed are those servants^[b] whom the master finds^(F) awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you,^(G) he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. ³⁸If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! ³⁹^(H) But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour^(I) the thief was coming, he^[c] would not have left his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰You also must be^(J) ready, for^(K) the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Footnotes:

Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
Luke 12:37 Greek bondservants
Luke 12:39 Some manuscripts add would have stayed awake and

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Luke 12:49-59

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Not Peace, but Division

⁴⁹^(A) "I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! ⁵⁰^(B) I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how^(C) great is my distress until it is accomplished! ⁵¹^(D) Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?^(E) No, I tell you, but rather division. ⁵²For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. ⁵³They will be divided,^(F) father 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 mother-in-law."

Interpreting the Time

⁵⁴He also said to the crowds, ^(G) "When you see^(H) a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming.' And so it happens. ⁵⁵And^(I) when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be^(J) scorching heat,' and it happens. ⁵⁶You hypocrites!^(K) You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

Settle with Your Accuser

⁵⁷"And why^(L) do you not judge^(M) for yourselves what is right? ⁵⁸^(N) As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. ⁵⁹I tell you,^(O) you will never get out until you have paid the very last^(P) penny."^[a]

Footnotes:

Luke 12:59 Greek lepton, a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)

Cross references:

Luke 12:49 : Matt 3:11
Luke 12:50 : Mark 10:38
Luke 12:50 : 2 Cor 5:14 (Gk)
Luke 12:51 : For Luke 12:51-53, Matt 10:34, 35
Luke 12:51 : Rev 6:4
Luke 12:53 : Matt 10:21; Mic 7:6
Luke 12:54 : Matt 16:2, 3
Luke 12:54 : 1 Kgs 18:43, 44
Luke 12:55 : Luke 12:54
Luke 12:55 : Matt 20:12
Luke 12:56 : Matt 16:3
Luke 12:57 : Luke 21:30
Luke 12:57 : John 7:24; 1 Cor 11:13
Luke 12:58 : Matt 5:25, 26; Prov 25:8
Luke 12:59 : Matt 18:34, 35
Luke 12:59 : Luke 21:2; Mark 12:42

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Luke 12:35-40; Luke 12:49-59 (English Standard Version)

You Must Be Ready

Not Peace, but Division

Interpreting the Time

Settle with Your Accuser