41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
41 Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
41 Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?"
41 Peter said, "Master, are you telling this story just for us? Or is it for everybody?"
41 Then Peter said to Him, "Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?"
41 Peter asked, "Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 12:41
Commentary on Luke 12:41-53
(Read Luke 12:41-53)
All are to take to themselves what Christ says in his word, and to inquire concerning it. No one is left so ignorant as not to know many things to be wrong which he does, and many things to be right which he neglects; therefore all are without excuse in their sin. The bringing in the gospel dispensation would occasion desolations. Not that this would be the tendency of Christ's religion, which is pure, peaceable, and loving; but the effect of its being contrary to men's pride and lusts. There was to be a wide publication of the gospel. But before that took place, Christ had a baptism to be baptized with, far different from that of water and the Holy Spirit. He must endure sufferings and death. It agreed not with his plan to preach the gospel more widely, till this baptism was completed. We should be zealous in making known the truth, for though divisions will be stirred up, and a man's own household may be his foes, yet sinners will be converted, and God will be glorified.