Luke 12:47 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 12:47

45 ^aBut if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

46 the master of that servant will come on a ^aday when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And ^athat servant who ^bknew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 ^aBut he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

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49 ^a“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50 But ^aI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is ^baccomplished!

51 ^aDo you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, ^bbut rather division.

Verse Comparison: Luke 12:47

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American Standard Version
And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many `stripes';

Amplified® Bible
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act as he would wish him to act shall be beaten with many [lashes].

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

Darby English Version
But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];

Good News Bible
"The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

International Standard Version
That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

King James Version
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

New American Standard Bible
"And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

New International Version
"That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.

New King James Version
And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

Young's Literal Translation
`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

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