Luke 12:31 "But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Luke 12:33 ¶ "Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.
Luke 12:36 "Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.
Luke 12:37 "Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.
Luke 12:38 "Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
Luke 12:39 ¶ "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Luke 12:40 "You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."
Luke 12:41 ¶ Peter said, "Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?"
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?
Luke 12:43 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.
Luke 12:45 "But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;
Luke 12:46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
Luke 12:47 "And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,
Luke 12:48 but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.
Luke 12:50 "But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Luke 12:51 "Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
Luke 12:52 for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Luke 12:53 "They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
Luke 12:54 ¶ And He was also saying to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it turns out.
Luke 12:55 "And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way.