46. then the Lord of that servant will return on a day which he hoped not, and at an hour which he knew not. And he will separate him, and he will place his portion with that of the unfaithful.
47. And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.
48. Yet he who did not know, and who acted in a way that deserves a beating, will be beaten fewer times. So then, of all to whom much has been given, much will be required. And of those to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be asked.
49. I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?
50. And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!
51. Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52. For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three.
53. A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his father; a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
54. And he also said to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising from the setting of the sun, immediately you say, 'A rain cloud is coming.' And so it does.
55. And when a south wind is blowing, you say, 'It will be hot.' And so it is.
56. You hypocrites! You discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth, yet how is it that you do not discern this time?
57. And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?