Luke 12
1 Then, as great crowds were standing so close that they were stepping on one another, he began to say to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
In the meantime, myriads of the multitude having gathered together, So that they trode on one another, He began to speak to His disciples first; Take heed unto yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known.
But there is nothing hidden, which shall not be revealed: and concealed, that shall not be made known.
3 For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Therefore so many things as you spoke in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and whatsoever you spoke in the ear in the secret chambers shall be proclaimed upon the houses.
4 So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do.
And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things, having nothing more to do.
5 But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
But I will show you whom you must fear: Fear him, who after he kills has power to cast into hell. Yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? And yet not one of these is forgotten in the sight of God.
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
7 But even the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are more important than many sparrows.
8 But I say to you: Everyone who will have confessed me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the Angels of God.
But I say unto you, that every one who may confess me before the people, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God.
9 But everyone who will have denied me before men, he will be denied before the Angels of God.
But the one denying me before the people will be denied before the angels of God.
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven of him. But of him who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him having blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they will lead you to the synagogues, and to magistrates and authorities, do not choose to be worried about how or what you will answer, or about what you might say.
But when they may carry you into the synagogues, and tribunals, and authorities; do not be solicitous as to what you may apologize, or what you may say:
12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you, in the same hour, what you must say.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour the things which it behooveth you to speak.
13 And someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
And a certain one from the multitude said to Him, Teacher, speak to my brother, to divide the inheritance with me.
14 But he said to him, “Man, who has appointed me as judge or arbitrator over you?”
And He said to him; Man, who established me judge or a divider over you?
15 So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”
And He said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness: because his life is not in that which aboundeth to any one, from those things belonging to him.
16 Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: “The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops.
He spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man was very productive:
17 And he thought within himself, saying: ‘What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.’
and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no place where I shall store my fruits?
18 And he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods.
And he said, I will do this: I will take down my barns, and build greater, and there I will gather all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods, stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be cheerful.’
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said to him: ‘Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?’
But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong?
21 So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God.”
So is every one laying up treasure for himself, and not rich toward God.
22 And he said to his disciples: “And so I say to you: Do not choose to be anxious about your life, as to what you may eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear.
And He spoke to His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul, what you may eat; nor for your body, what you may put on.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
The soul is more than food, and the body more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?
Observe the ravens, because they neither sow nor reap; to which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them; are you not much better than the fowls?
25 But which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence?
26 Therefore, if you are not capable, in what is so little, why be anxious about the rest?
If then you are powerless in the smallest matter, why are you solicitous about other things?
27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither work nor weave. But I say to you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.
Observe the lilies, how they toil not, neither do they spin: and I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.
28 Therefore, if God so clothes the grass, which is in the field today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more you, O little in faith?
And if God so clothes the verdure flourishing in the fields to-day, and to-morrow cast into the oven; how much more are you, O ye of little faith?
29 And so, do not choose to inquire as to what you will eat, or what you will drink. And do not choose to be lifted up on high.
And do not seek what you may eat, and what you may drink, and with what you are clothed;
30 For all these things are sought by the Gentiles of the world. And your Father knows that you have need of these things.
for the heathens of the world are seeking after all these things: but your Father knows that you have need of these things.
31 Yet truly, seek first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you.
Moreover seek His kingdom and these things shall be added unto you.
32 Do not be afraid, little flock; for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
Fear not, little flock; because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts.
Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves purses that will not get old, and treasure in the heavens which can not be stolen, where the thief does not draw nigh, nor the moth corrupt.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be.
35 Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands.
Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;
36 And let you yourselves be like men awaiting their lord, when he will return from the wedding; so that, when he arrives and knocks, they may open to him promptly.
and be you like unto men waiting for their lord, when he may rise up from the marriage feast; in order that, coming and knocking, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he returns, will find being vigilant. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, while he, continuing on, will minister to them.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.
38 And if he will return in the second watch, or if in the third watch, and if he will find them to be so: then blessed are those servants.
If at the second, and third, watch he may come, happy are ye.
39 But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.
Know this, that if the landlord knew at what hour the thief cometh, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into.
40 You also must be prepared. For the Son of man will return at an hour that you will not realize.”
Be ye also ready: because at an hour you do not think the Son of man cometh.
41 Then Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?”
And Peter said to Him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or to all?
42 So the Lord said: “Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?
The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?
43 Blessed is that servant if, when his Lord will return, he will find him acting in this manner.
Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching.
44 Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over all that he possesses.
Truly I say unto you, that he will establish him over all his possessions.
45 But if that servant will have said in his heart, ‘My Lord has made a delay in his return,’ and if he has begun to strike the men and women servants, and to eat and drink, and to be inebriated,
But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;
46 then the Lord of that servant will return on a day which he hoped not, and at an hour which he knew not. And he will separate him, and he will place his portion with that of the unfaithful.
the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not expect, and in an hour in which he does not know, and will cut him off, and will appoint his part with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.
But that servant knowing the will of his lord, and not preparing or doing according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 Yet he who did not know, and who acted in a way that deserves a beating, will be beaten fewer times. So then, of all to whom much has been given, much will be required. And of those to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be asked.
But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?
I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled?
50 And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!
And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it may be perfected!
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I say unto you, Nay, but division.
52 For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three.
For from now, there shall be five in one house divided, three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
53 A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his 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.”
the father against the son, and the son against the father; and the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.
54 And he also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising from the setting of the sun, immediately you say, ‘A rain cloud is coming.’ And so it does.
And he also spoke to the multitudes, When you may see a cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, that the rain cometh; and it is so:
55 And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be hot.’ And so it is.
and when the south wind is blowing, you say, that it will be hot; and it is so.
56 You hypocrites! You discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth, yet how is it that you do not discern this time?
You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the earth and the firmament; and how do you not discern this time?
57 And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?
Why do you not judge righteous judgment, even with reference to yourselves?
58 So, when you are going with your adversary to the ruler, while you are on the way, make an effort to be freed from him, lest perhaps he may lead you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison.
For as you go with your adversary to the ruler, give attention on the way that you be reconciled with him; lest he may deliver you to the judge, and the judge shall turn you over to the officer, and the officer will cast you into prison.
59 I tell you, you will not depart from there, until you have paid the very last coin.”
I say unto you, You can by no means come out thence, till you have even paid the last mite.
