Luke 12:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.”
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“That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 12:47 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 15:30But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
- Deuteronomy 25:2If 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.
- Matthew 11:22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
- Luke 10:12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
- John 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.”
- John 12:48There 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.
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
- John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- James 4:17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
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