Luke 12:40-53

40You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.”

41Peter asked, “Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone?”

42And the Lord replied, “A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

43If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.

44I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.

45But what if the servant thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

46The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.

47“And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn’t prepared and doesn’t carry out those instructions, will be severely punished.

48But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

49“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!

50I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.

51Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!

52From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.

53‘Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’ ”