Luke 12
1 In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, 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 on one another, He began to say to His disciples, first, “Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
and there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hid that will not be known;
3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
because whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner-chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
And I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything more to do;
5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
but I will show to you whom you may fear: fear Him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I say to you, fear Him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And one of them is not forgotten before God,
7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
but even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers of God,
9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
and he who has denied Me before men, will be denied before the messengers of God,
10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
and everyone who will say a word to the Son of Man, it will be forgiven to him, but the [one] having slandered to the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you may reply, or what you may say,
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what [you] should say.”
13 And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
And a certain one out of the multitude said to Him, “Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.”
14 But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
And He said to him, “Man, who set Me a judge or a divider over you?”
15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
And He spoke an allegory to them, saying, “Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What will I do, because I have nowhere I will gather together my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
And he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and I will build greater ones, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
And God said to him, Unthinking [one]! This night your life is required of you, and what things you prepared—to whom will they be [given]?
21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
So [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.”
22 And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
And He said to His disciples, “Because of this, to you I say, do not be anxious for your life, what you may eat; nor for the body, what you may put on;
23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
life is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.
24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?
Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God nourishes them; how much better are you than the birds?
25 But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
If, then, you are not able for the least—why are you anxious for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
Consider the lilies, how do they grow? They do not labor, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these;
28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
and if the herbage in the field, that today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, God so clothes, how much more you of little faith?
29 And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
And you—do not seek what you may eat, or what you may drink, and do not be in suspense,
30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
for the nations of the world seek after all these things, and your Father has known that you have need of these things;
31 but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
but seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
32 Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
Do not fear, little flock, because your Father delighted to give you the kingdom;
33 Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that do not become old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief does not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
36 and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
and you [be] like to men waiting for their lord when he will return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
Blessed those servants, whom the lord, having come, will find watching; truly I say to you that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline, and having come near, will minister to them;
38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, blessed are those servants.
39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken through;
40 And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
and you, then, become ready, because at the hour you do not think, the Son of Man comes.”
41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
And Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this allegory to us, or also to all?”
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
And the LORD said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord will set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
Blessed that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so;
44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods.
45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken,
46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not look for [him], and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him off, and he will appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,
48 but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few; and to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they committed much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
I came to cast fire to the earth, and what I wish [is] if it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!
51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division;
52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
for there will be from now on five in one house divided—three against two, and two against three;
53 father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
a father will 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 And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.
And He also said to the multitudes, “When you may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, A shower comes, and it is so;
55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
and when a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;
56 Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?
hypocrites! You have known to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how do you not discern this time?
57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
And why, also, of yourselves, do you not judge what is righteous?
58 For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
For as you are going away with your opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison;
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
I say to you, you may not come forth from there until even the last mite you may give back.”
