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 (there) had gathered (by) myriads great assemblies, so that they would have trodden upon one another, Jeshu began to say to his disciples, Beware for yourselves before all things of the leaven of the Pharishee, which is hypocrisy.
2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
For nothing is hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secreted which shall not be made 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 all that you say in darknesses in the light shall be heard, and what you whisper in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed 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.
But I say to you, my beloved ones, Fear not them who kill the body, and who afterward can do nothing more;
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 show you whom you shall fear; Him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into gihana, yes, I say to you, Fear this (one). (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 asorin; and one of them is not forgotten before Aloha.
7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
But of you, the numbers of the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; than many sparrows more precious are you.
8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
But I tell you that every one who shall confess me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of Aloha.
9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
But he who denieth me before men, I will deny him before the angels of Aloha.
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 every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it may be forgiven him; but whoever against the Spirit of Holiness shall blaspheme, it shall not be forgiven him.
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 bring you into the synagogues, before heads and authorities, be not anxious how you shall express yourselves, or what you shall say;
12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
for the Spirit of Holiness will teach you in that hour what you ought to say.
13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
AND a man from the assembly said to him, Malphona, tell my brother to divide with me the inheritance.
14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
But Jeshu said to him, Man, who established me over you a judge and a divider?
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 his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.
16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
And he spake a parable to them: The ground of a certain rich man produced him much provisions.
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
And he thought within himself, and said, What shall I do? for I have not where to collect my provisions.
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 destroy my house of stores, and will build and enlarge it; and there will I collect all my provender and my good things:
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, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
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 Aloha said to him, Reasonless (man)! this night thy soul they shall require of thee; and then, (the things) which thou hast prepared,
21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
whose shall they be? So is he who layeth up to himself treasures, and towards Aloha is not rich.
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 tell you, Be not anxious for yourselves, what you shall eat; neither for the body, how you shall dress:
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
for the soul is more precious than food, and the body than 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, which sow not nor reap, which have no chambers or barns, yet Aloha feeds them. How much, therefore, are you better than the fowls!
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
And which of you by being anxious could add to his stature one cubit?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
But if indeed you are not capable of (that which is) the least, why concerning the rest are you anxious?
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, which toil not nor spin; but I tell you that even Shelemun in all his glory was not arrayed 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!
But if the herbage, which today is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the furnace, Aloha thus clothes, how much more you, little in faith!
29 And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
And seek you not what you shall eat, and what you shall drink; nor let your mind be distracted for these:
30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
for all these the nations of the world seek; but to you also your Father knoweth that these are needful.
31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
But seek the kingdom of Aloha, and these all shall be added to you.
32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
FEAR not, little flock; for your Father hath willed to give you the 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 your substance, and give alms: make to you bags which become not old, and a treasure which is not transient, in the heavens, where the thief does not approach, and the moth destroys not.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
For where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.
35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Let your loins be bound, and your lamps be burning,
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 be you like men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the place of festivity, that, when he hath come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
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 those servants who, when their lord shall come, shall be found watching. Amen I tell you, He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will come over and serve 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 in the second or the third watch he shall come and find them thus, blessed will be 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, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have permitted his house to be dug through.
40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
Also you, be you therefore ready: for, in that hour that you think not, cometh the Son of man.
41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
Shemun Kipha said to him, Our Lord, to us speakest thou this parable, or to all men also?
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?
Jeshu said to him, Who then is that steward, faithful and wise, whom his lord hath established over his service, to give the portion in its time?
43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Blessed 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.
Assuredly I tell you, He will establish him over all his substance.
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 withholdeth to come, and shall begin to beat the servants and the handmaids of his lord, and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunken;
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 a day when he thinketh not, and in an hour which he knoweth not; and shall sunder him, and set him his portion with those who are not faithful.
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 according to his will, shall be beaten with many
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 who knew not, and did that which was worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For every one to whom much is given, much will be required from him; and to whom much is committed, the more will they require at his hand.
49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
FIRE have I come to send forth upon the earth, and I would that it already burned:
50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
and I have a baptism (wherewith) to be baptized, and greatly am I pressed till it be completed.
51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Suppose you that peace I have come to send forth on the earth? I tell you, not (peace), but divisions.
52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
For from henceforth there will be five in one house, who (will be) 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.”
For the father will be divided against his son, and the son against his father; the mother against her daughter, and the daughter against her mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against the 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 to the assembly, When you see a cloud arisen from the west, immediately you say, The rain cometh; and it is so:
55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
and when bloweth the south, you say, It becomes heat; and it is so.
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, the aspect of the sky and of the earth you know to distinguish; but this Time how do you not distinguish?
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
But why of yourselves judge you not the truth?
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.
When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, while in the way, negotiate, and be freed from him; lest he bring thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into the house of the bound;
59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
and Amen I tell thee, Thou wilt not be delivered from thence till thou shalt have given the last shomona.
