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Luke 12:35-48

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35“Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

36like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

37It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

38It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak.

39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

41Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”

42The Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

43It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.

48But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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1)       According to what Jesus said in verses 35 and 36 how are we to keep watch?

o   We are to

§  Be dressed ready for service.

§  And keep our lamps burning.

o   Like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet.

o   So that we can immediately open the door for him.

o   When

o   He

§  Comes.

§  And knocks.

 

2)       According to what Jesus said in verse 37 what will be good for those servants?

o   It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching.

o   When

o   He comes.

 

3)       According to what Jesus said in verse 37 what will the master of those servants do for them if he finds them watching when he comes?

o   He

§  Will dress himself to serve.

§  Will have them recline at the table.

§  And will

Ø  Come. 

Ø  And wait on them.

 

4)       According to what Jesus said in verse 38 what will be good for those servants even if their master comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak?

o   It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready.

 

5)       According to what Jesus said in verse 39 what would the owner of the house have prevented if he had known at what hour the thief was coming?

o   He would not have let his house be broken into.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 40 why must we also be ready?

o   We also must be ready.

o   Because

o   The Son of Man will come at an hour.

o   When

o   We do not expect him.

 

7)       According to verse 41 what was the question Peter posed to Jesus?

o   He was asking Jesus if he was telling the parable

§  To the twelve disciples.

§  Or to all the disciples.

 

8)       What was the answer to Peter’s question that is implicit in Jesus’ continuation of the parable on to the master and the faithful and wise manager whom the master puts in charge of his servants?

o   Jesus was telling the continuation of the parable to the twelve disciples.

o   Whom

o   He will put in charge of other disciples.

 

9)       Was Jesus telling the parable prior to the continuation to the twelve disciples or to all the disciples?

o   Jesus was telling the parable prior to the continuation to all the disciples who must watch for Jesus’ return.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verses 42 and 43 what will the faithful and wise manager do, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?

o   It will be good for that servant.

o   Whom

o   The master finds giving his servants their food allowance at the proper time.

 

11)   When does the faithful and wise manager think that his master would come back from the way he conducts himself?

o   The faithful and wise manager conducts himself.

o   As though

o   The master would come back at any moment.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 44 what will the master put the faithful and wise manager in charge of?

o   The master will put the

§  Faithful.

§  And wise manager.

o   In charge of all his possessions.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verse 45 what will the servant do, who thinks his master is taking a long time in coming?

o   The servant then begins to

§  Beat the other servants, both

Ø  Men. 

Ø  And women.

§  And eat.

§  And drink.

§  And get drunk.

 

14)   According to what Jesus said in verse 46 what will the master do to the servant?

o   The master of the servant will

§  Come

Ø  On a day when he does not expect him. 

Ø  And at an hour he is not aware of.

§  Cut him to pieces.

§  And assign him a place with the unbelievers.

 

15)   What does it mean being assigned a place with the unbelievers?

o   It means being sent to hell.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 47 what will happen to the servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants?

o   The servant will be beaten with many blows.

 

17)   According to what Jesus said in verse 48 what will happen to the servant who does not know and does things deserving punishment?

o   The servant will be beaten with few blows.

 

18)   According to what Jesus said in verse 48 what will be demanded from everyone who has been given much and from the one who has been entrusted with much?

o   From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded.

o   And from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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Luke 12:35-48

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