Luke 12:47
45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
48 But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
- ASV
- 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];
- DARBY
- 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];
- BLB
- Now that servant, the one having known the will of his master and not having prepared nor having done according to his will, he will be beaten with many.
- ÅB
- Men den tjener som kjente sin herres vilje, og ikke stelte til eller satte i verk det han ville, han skal få mange slag;
- OTB
- “Den tjener som kjenner sin herres vilje og ikke gjør seg klar eller ikke gjør det hans herre vil, vil bli slått med mange slag.
- B1930
- Men den tjener som kjente sin herres vilje, og ikke stelte til eller satte i verk det han vilde, han skal få mange slag;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Read in contextJohn 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
Read in contextJohn 15:22–24
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
Read in contextJohn 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:2–3
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
Read in contextActs 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Read in contextNumbers 15:30–31
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:15–16
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
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