Luke 12:47

Translations

Modern

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Now that servant, the one having known the will of his master and not having prepared nor having done according to his will, he will be beaten with many.

Latin

Ille autem servus qui cognovit voluntatem domini sui, et non præparavit, et non facit secundum voluntatem ejus, vapulabit multis:

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English

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Notes

Luke 12:47–48

Who knows ... who unknowingly: Sins committed in ignorance receive less punishment than deliberate sins (Numbers 15:22–26; Psalm 19:13; compare Luke 23:34).
From everyone who has been given much: Believers will be held responsible for the knowledge and resources they have been given (James 3:1). A sin in ignorance is still a sin.

Luke 12:35–48

Jesus compared his faithful followers to servants in a master's house. These servants were always ready for his return and did a good job managing the resources he left with them.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Judgment of His People The Coming of the Lord as Judge The Purpose of the Judgments

Events

Woes and Parables with Phariseesc. AD 29

Related verses

James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
John 9:41
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
John 15:22–24
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
Deuteronomy 25:2–3
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
Acts 17:30
Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
Numbers 15:30–31
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
2 Corinthians 2:15–16
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
John 19:11
Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
Matthew 11:22–24
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
Luke 10:12–15
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

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