Luke 12:48 Cross References - Moffatt

⁴⁸ whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

¹² For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has.

¹⁴ For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them; ¹⁵ to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad. ¹⁶ The servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds went at once and traded with them, making another twelve hundred. ¹⁷ Similarly the servant who had got the five hundred pounds made another five hundred. ¹⁸ But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. ¹⁹ Now a long time afterwards the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them. ²⁰ Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.' ²¹ His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.' ²² Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.' ²³ His master said to him, 'Capital, you excellent and trusty servant! You have been trusty in charge of a small sum: I will put you in charge of a large sum. Come and share your master's feast.' ²⁴ Then the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds came forward. He said, 'I knew you were a hard man, sir, reaping where you never sowed and gathering where you never winnowed. ²⁵ So I was afraid; I went and hid your two hundred and fifty pounds in the earth. There's your money!' ²⁶ His master said to him in reply, 'You rascal, you idle servant! You knew, did you, that I reap where I have never sowed and gather where I have never winnowed! ²⁷ Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back. ²⁸ Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred. ²⁹ For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

² So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.'

¹⁰ He who is faithful with a trifle is also faithful with a large trust, and he who is dishonest with a trifle is also dishonest with a large trust. ¹¹ So, if you are not faithful with dishonest mammon, how can you ever be trusted with true Riches? ¹² And if you are not faithful with what belongs to another, how can you ever be given what is your own?

²² They would not be guilty, if I had not come and spoken to them; but, as it is, they have no excuse for their sin —

³⁰ Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,

¹² All who sin outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sin under the Law will be condemned by the Law. ¹³ For it is not the hearers of the Law who are just in the eyes of God, it is those who obey the Law who will be acquitted, ¹⁴ [Move vss 14,15 to follow vs 16] (When Gentiles who have no law obey instinctively the Law's requirements, they are a law to themselves, even though they have no law; ¹⁵ they exhibit the effect of the Law written on their hearts, their conscience bears them witness, as their moral convictions accuse or it may be defend them.) ¹⁶ on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust. ¹⁸ And my reward? This, that I can preach the gospel free of charge, that I can refrain from insisting on all my rights as a preacher of the gospel.

¹¹ as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

¹³ though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;

²⁰ O Timotheus, keep the securities of the faith intact: avoid the profane jargon and contradictions of what is falsely called 'Knowledge.'

³ he gave effect to his word in due time by a proclamation with which I have been entrusted by command of God our Saviour: —

¹ My brothers, do not swell the ranks of the teachers; remember, we teachers will be judged with special strictness.