20, Psalm 19; Genesis 19; 1 Chronicles 21:18-22:19; Luke 12:13-48
Psalm 19
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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
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There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
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Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
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Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
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His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
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The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
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The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
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The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
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More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
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Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
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Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
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Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
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Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
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Genesis 19
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And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
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And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
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And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
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But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
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And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
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And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
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And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
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But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
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And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
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And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
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For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
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And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
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And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
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And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
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Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
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Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
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And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
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Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
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The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
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Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
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And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
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And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
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And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
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And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
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And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
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And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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1 Chronicles 21
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And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
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And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
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So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
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And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
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At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
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But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
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Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.
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And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
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And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
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Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 Chronicles 22
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Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
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And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
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Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord God of Israel.
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And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God:
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But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
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He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
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Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee.
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Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.
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Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
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Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
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Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
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David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
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Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
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Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
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Luke 12
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And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
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And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
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And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
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And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
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And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
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And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
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But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
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And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
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The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
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Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
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And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
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If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
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Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
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And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
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For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
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But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
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And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
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Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
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And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
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And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
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Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
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Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
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And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
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Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
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But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
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The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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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.
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But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
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