Luke 12
1 Meanwhile when myriads of the multitudes were thronging around him so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, first of all. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee, which is hypocrisy.
During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 "There is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed; nothing concealed that shall not be known.
But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
3 "So that what you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed from the housetops.
Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 "But I say to you who are my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.
And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do.
5 "I will warn you whom you ought to fear. Fear him who, after he was after he has killed, has power to throw you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him. (Geenna g1067)
6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God!
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
7 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not! You are of more value than many sparrow!
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows.
8 "And I tell you that whoever confesses me before men, the Son of man will confess him before the angels of God;
And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God,
9 "and whoever disowns me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.
but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.
10 "If any one shall speak a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but he who is blasphemes against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.
And every man who will speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but to him who blasphemed against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.
11 "And when they are bringing you before the synagogues and the rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you shall answer; or what you shall say;
And when they bring you to the synagogues, and the principle positions, and the offices of authority, be not anxious how or what ye should answer in defense, or what ye should say,
12 "for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you ought to say."
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 Then one of the crowd said to him, "Master, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance."
And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14 "Man," said he, "who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?
15 And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."
And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
16 Then he spoke to them in a parable. "The ground of a certain rich man bore heavy crops.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well.
17 "So he debated with himself saying, ‘What shall I do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.’
And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops?
18 "And he said to himself. ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build larger ones in which I will store all my wheat and my goods.
And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 "‘And I will say to my soul, "‘Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
20 "But God said to him. ‘Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
21 "So is he that lays up treasures for himself and is not rich toward God."
So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.
22 Then he said to his disciples. "For this is the reason I say to you. Be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet your body what shall you wear.
And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.
23 "For the life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
For the life is more than the food, and the body, the clothing.
24 "Consider the ravens; they neither sow nor reap; they have no storehouse nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?
Consider the ravens, because they do not sow, nor do they reap, for which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much ye are worth more than the birds.
25 "And which of you by taking anxious thought can add a cubit to his height?
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his age?
26 "If then you cannot do even that which is least, why are you anxious concerning the rest?
If then ye are not able to do even the least, why are ye anxious about the rest?
27 "Consider the lilies how they grow! They toil not, neither do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
28 "Now if God so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
And if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow being cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?
29 "So do not be asking what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of doubtful mind.
And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled.
30 "For all these things the nations of the world are seeking; but your Father knows that you have need of these things.
For the nations of the world seek all these things, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things.
31 "But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.
However, seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
32 "Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 "Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.
Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.
34 "For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 "Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning;
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,
36 "and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him.
and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him.
37 "Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.
Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.
38 "And whether it be in the second watch, or in the third, that he comes, and so finds them, happy are those slaves.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen.
39 "However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40 "Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."
Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.
41 "Master," said Peter, "are you speaking this parable to us or to all alike?"
And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?
42 The Lord answered. "Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his Lord will put in charge of the rations in due time?
And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?
43 "Blessed is that slave whom his master on his coming shall find so doing.
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.
44 "Of a truth I tell you that he will put him in charge of his possessions.
Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over the things being possessed by him.
45 "But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master delays his coming,’ and should begin to beat the men and the maids, and to eat and drink and to get drunk,
But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
46 "that slave’s master will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour when he knows not, and will surely scourge him, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.
the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving.
47 "The slave who knew his Lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, will be beaten with many lashes,
And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,
48 "but he who did not know, but did things worthy of a beating, will receive few lashes. To whom much has been given, from him much will be required, and to whom much is entrusted, of him they will ask the more.
but he who did not know, and did things worthy of blows, will be beaten little. And to every man to whom much was given, much will be required from him. And to whom they entrust much, they will ask him more abundantly.
49 "I came to build a fire upon the earth; what is my desire?
I came to cast fire upon the earth, and what I desire is if it were kindled already.
50 "Would it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it is accomplished!
But I have an immersion to be immersed, and how am I constrained until it will be accomplished.
51 "Do you think that I am come to make peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather dissension.
Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
52 "From this time there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three;
For henceforth there will be 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 her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter- in-law and 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 Then he said to the crowd also. "When you see a cloud rising in the west you at once say, ‘There is going to be a shower,’ and it comes to pass.
And he also said to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, straightaway ye say, A shower is coming, and so it happens.
55 "And when you feel the south winds blowing you say, ‘There will be a hot wind,’ and it comes to pass.
And when a south wind is blowing, ye say, There will be heat, and it happens.
56 "Hypocrites! you know how to read the face of the earth and of the sky; but how is it that you do not know how to read the signs of the present time?
Ye hypocrites, ye know how to examine the face of the earth and the sky, but how can ye not examine this season?
57 "And why do you not, even yourselves, judge what is right?
And also why do ye not judge yourselves what is right?
58 "For as you go before the magistrate with your opponent do your utmost to get quit of him, lest he drag you before the judge, and the judge delivers you over to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.
For when thou go with thine opponent to the magistrate on the way give effort to be delivered from him, lest he may drag thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer would cast thee into prison.
59 "You shall by no means come out of there until you have paid the very last farthing."
I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid even the last mite.
