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Luke 12:48-57

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48But he that knewe it not, and yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with fewe stripes: for vnto whomsoeuer much is giuen, of him shalbe much required, and to whom men much commit, the more of him will they aske.
49I am come to put fire on the earth, and what is my desire, if it be already kindled?
50Notwithstanding I must be baptized with a baptisme, and how am I grieued, till it be ended?
51Thinke ye that I am come to giue peace on earth? I tell you, nay, but rather debate.
52For from hencefoorth there shall be fiue in one house deuided, three against two, and two against three.
53The father shalbe deuided against ye sonne, and the sonne against the father: the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother: the mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe, and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe.
54Then said he to the people, When ye see a cloude rise out of the West, straightway ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.
55And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: and it commeth to passe.
56Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?
57Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is right?

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