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.
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves 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.
and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, 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.
because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
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 those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to 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 show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye 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 assars? and one of them is not 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.
but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
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, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers 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 every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, 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 bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'
13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a 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 unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together 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 I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products 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, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, 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?’
'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?
21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward 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 unto his disciples, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.
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, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye 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 do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as 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!
and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you — ye of little faith?
29 And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
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 after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;
31 But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things 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, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
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 goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.
35 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps 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 ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having 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.
'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to 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 may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy 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.
'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;
40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto 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, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
43 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.
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.
'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to 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 in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
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 having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone 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.
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;
52 From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
for there shall be 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.”
a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a 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 ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;
55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
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?
hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of [it]?
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
'And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?
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.
for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may 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 mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'
