Luke 12:41-48

Revised Geneva Translation

⁴¹ Then Peter said to Him, “Master, did You tell this parable only to us, or to everyone?”

⁴² And the Lord said, “Who is a faithful steward, and wise; whom the master shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in season?

⁴³ “Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing.

⁴⁴ “Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.

⁴⁵ “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master delays his coming’, and begins to beat the servants and maidens, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

⁴⁶ “the master of that servant will come on a day he does not suspect, and at an hour when he is unaware, and will cut him off, and give him his portion with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷ “And that servant who knew his master’s will and neither prepared himself nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many lashes.

⁴⁸ “But the one who did not know it and still committed things worthy of lashes, shall be beaten with few. For to whom much is given, much shall be required. And to whom much has been committed, much more will be requested.