Luke 12:45-47

Expanded Bible

⁴⁵ But suppose the ·servant [slave] thinks to himself, ‘My master ·will not come back soon [is delayed in coming],’ and he begins to beat the other servants, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. ⁴⁶ The master [^Lof that servant/slave] will come [^Lon a day] when that servant is not ready and [^Lat an hour when he] is not expecting him. Then the master will cut him in pieces and ·send him away to be [assign/appoint him a place] with the ·others who don’t obey [unfaithful; unbelievers; ^Ca metaphorical reference to Jesus, the ultimate Lord and Master, returning to judge his servants].

⁴⁷ “The ·servant [slave] who knows what his master wants but is not ·ready [prepared], or who does not do what the master wants, will ·be beaten with many blows [beaten severely]!