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Text -- Luke 12:35-48 (NET)
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Call to Faithful Stewardship
12:35 “Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning ;
12:36 be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration , so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him .
12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns ! I tell you the truth , he will dress himself to serve , have them take their place at the table , and will come and wait on them !
12:38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves !
12:39 But understand this : If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming , he would not have let his house be broken into .
12:40 You also must be ready , because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
12:41 Then Peter said , “Lord , are you telling this parable for us or for everyone ?”
12:42 The Lord replied , “Who then is the faithful and wise manager , whom the master puts in charge of his household servants , to give them their allowance of food at the proper time ?
12:43 Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns .
12:44 I tell you the truth , the master will put him in charge of all his possessions .
12:45 But if that slave should say to himself , ‘My master is delayed in returning ,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves , both men and women , and to eat , drink , and get drunk ,
12:46 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee , and will cut him in two , and assign him a place with the unfaithful .
12:47 That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating .
12:48 But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating . From everyone who has been given much , much will be required , and from the one who has been entrusted with much , even more will be asked .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
Servant |
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
Watchfulness |
Steward |
Minister |
JUSTICE |
Temptation |
Death |
Faithfulness |
THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE |
PAROUSIA |
Judgment |
Wicked |
Sin |
Punishment |
Obedience |
Gluttony |
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NET Notes -> Luk 12:35; Luk 12:35; Luk 12:36; Luk 12:36; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:38; Luk 12:38; Luk 12:38; Luk 12:39; Luk 12:39; Luk 12:40; Luk 12:41; Luk 12:41; Luk 12:42; Luk 12:42; Luk 12:42; Luk 12:43; Luk 12:43; Luk 12:44; Luk 12:44; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:45; Luk 12:46; Luk 12:46; Luk 12:47; Luk 12:47; Luk 12:48; Luk 12:48; Luk 12:48; Luk 12:48; Luk 12:48; Luk 12:48
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NET Notes: Luk 12:37 He…will come and wait on them is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for he is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and 15...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:38 Grk “blessed are they”; the referent (the watchful slaves, v. 37) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 12:39 Most mss (א1 A B L Q W Θ Ψ 070 Ë1,13 33 Ï lat syp,h sams bo) read “he would have watched and not let” here, but ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:40 Jesus made clear that his coming could not be timed, and suggested it might take some time – so long, in fact, that some would not be looking fo...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:41 Is the parable only for disciples (us) or for all humanity (everyone)? Or does Peter mean for disciples (us) or for the crowd (everyone)? The fact tha...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:42 This term, θεραπεία (qerapeia), describes the group of servants working in a particular household (L&N 46....
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NET Notes: Luk 12:44 Grk “he”; the referent (the master) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See also Luke 19:11-27.
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NET Notes: Luk 12:45 Grk “the menservants and the maidservants.” The term here, used in both masculine and feminine grammatical forms, is παῖ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:46 Or “unbelieving.” Here the translation employs the slightly more ambiguous “unfaithful,” which creates a link with the point o...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:47 Grk “or do according to his will”; the referent (the master) has been specified in the translation for clarity. This example deals with th...
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