Luke 12:47 Cross References

Luke 12:47

47: The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it.

"If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty," Jesus replied. "But you remain guilty because you claim you can see.

They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
Anyone who hates me hates my Father, too.
If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be counted guilty. But as it is, they saw all that I did and yet hated both of us--me and my Father.

But all who reject me and my message will be judged at the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.

If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge will command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.
No more than forty lashes may ever be given; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.

The truth is, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
"What horrors await you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
Yes, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on the judgment day than you.
And you people of Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. "

"But those who brazenly violate the LORD's will, whether native Israelites or foreigners, blaspheme the LORD, and they must be cut off from the community.
Since they have treated the LORD's word with contempt and deliberately disobeyed his commands, they must be completely cut off and suffer the consequences of their guilt."

God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.

Our lives are a fragrance presented by Christ to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those being saved and by those perishing.
To those who are perishing we are a fearful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?

Then Jesus said, "You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who brought me to you has the greater sin."

I assure you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on the judgment day than you!
And you people of Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in Sodom, it would still be here today.
I assure you, Sodom will be better off on the judgment day than you."

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