48 but the one who did not (A)know it, and committed acts deserving of [a]a beating, will receive only a few blows. (B)From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

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49 “I [b]have come to cast fire upon the earth; and [c]how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a (C)baptism [d]to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:48 Lit blows
  2. Luke 12:49 Or came
  3. Luke 12:49 Lit what do I wish if...?
  4. Luke 12:50 Lit with which to be baptized

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