Luke 12:48

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Luke 12:46–50 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

47 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!

50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

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Leviticus 5:17

If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

Acts 17:30

Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

Romans 2:12

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

Romans 2:14

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

Romans 2:15

So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

Romans 2:16

on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

1 Timothy 1:13

I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.

Luke 16:2

So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

Luke 16:10

Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

Luke 16:11

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

Luke 16:12

And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

Genesis 39:8

But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

Genesis 39:9

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

Genesis 39:10

Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

Genesis 39:11

One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

Genesis 39:12

She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

Genesis 39:13

When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

Genesis 39:14

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Genesis 39:15

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Genesis 39:16

So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:17

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

Genesis 39:18

but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

Genesis 39:19

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

Genesis 39:20

So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

Genesis 39:21

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Genesis 39:22

And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

Genesis 39:23

The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

Matthew 25:14

For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:16

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Matthew 25:17

Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

Matthew 25:18

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Matthew 25:19

After a long time the master of those servants returned to settle accounts with them.

Matthew 25:20

The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Matthew 25:21

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:22

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

Matthew 25:23

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’

Matthew 25:24

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:25

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

Matthew 25:26

‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed.

Matthew 25:27

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:28

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

Matthew 25:29

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

John 15:22

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.

1 Corinthians 9:17

If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.

1 Corinthians 9:18

What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

1 Timothy 1:11

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

Titus 1:3

In His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.