45 But if that slave should say to himself,[a] ‘My master is taking a long time to return,’ and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and assign his place with the unbelievers. 47 And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will will be given a severe beating.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:45 Literally “in his heart”
  2. Luke 12:47 Literally “will be beaten much”