{"id":312,"date":"2025-06-10T19:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T01:54:39","slug":"luke-1241-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Luke 12:41-48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-1024x574.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-768x430.jpg 768w, http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-1536x860.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Luke-12_43-2048x1147.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luke 12:41\u201348<\/strong><strong> ESV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>41 Peter said, \u201cLord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?\u201d 42 And the Lord said, \u201cWho then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>45 But if that servant says to himself, \u2018My master is delayed in coming,\u2019 and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master\u2019s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Discussion Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>In verses 35 \u2013 40&nbsp; Jesus spoke about the importance of watching and being ready.&nbsp; In verse 41, Peter then asks a question, \u201cLord, do you tell this parable for us or for all the people?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How does Jesus\u2019s lessons about the \u201cfaithful manager\u201d (verses 42-46) and his lessons about the unfaithful servants (verses 47,48) answer Peter\u2019s question?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Discussion Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>All followers of Jesus must be in a waiting and ready condition.&nbsp; Every believer is styled as either a wise or foolish servant based on their level of preparation (Matthew 25:1-13). Each believer has a responsibility to be a good steward serving others (1 Peter 4:10,11).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The scriptures also speak of servants that are to serve the other believers in specific ways (Ephesians 4:11-13).&nbsp; These are those servants given administration, ministry and offices within the community of believers who are entrusted with the care of the flock.&nbsp; These are called shepherds (1 Peter 5:1-4).&nbsp; These must give an account of what was entrusted (Hebrews 13:17).&nbsp; An example of this responsibility is given in Acts 20:17-35 when Paul met with the elders in Ephesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 27, 2025 Luke 12:41\u201348 ESV 41 Peter said, \u201cLord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?\u201d 42 And the Lord said, \u201cWho then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}