Luke 12
1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.
3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.
4 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him! (Geenna g1067)
But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;
12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.
13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?
15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.
19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.
20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?
27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.
28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith?
29 And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.
30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.
31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.
36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them.
38 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.
41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?
42 And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.
44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.
45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:
46 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?
51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:
55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?
58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.
59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.
