Luke 12
1 In the meantime, when many thousands of the people were gathered together, so much that they trampled on each other, he began to say to his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Meanwhile, when a crowd of thousands had converged, so that they were stepping on each other, He began to speak first to His disciples: “Guard yourselves from the ‘yeast’ of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 But there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be known.
There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
3 So whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the ear behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
4 I say to you my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that they have no more that they can do.
“Further, I say to you, my friends: do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.
5 But I will warn you about whom to fear. Fear the one who, after he has killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
Rather, I will advise you whom you should fear—fear Him who after He kills has authority to cast into Gehenna; yes indeed, fear Him! (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows.
Even the hairs of your head are all numbered! So do not be afraid; you are far more valuable than sparrows!
8 I say to you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God,
“Also I say to you, whoever claims me before men, the Son of the Man will also claim him before the angels of God.
9 but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
But whoever disclaims me before men will be disclaimed before the angels of God.
10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of the Man, it can be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.
11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you will speak in your defense, or what you will say,
Now whenever they bring you before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you will answer, or what you should say.
12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you should say.”
Because the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you need to say.”
13 Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
Then someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or a mediator over you?”
But He said to him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter over you?”
15 He said to them, “Watch that you keep yourselves from all greedy desires, because a person's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions.”
Then He said to them, “Keep alert and guard against covetousness, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16 Then Jesus told them a parable, saying, “The field of a rich man yielded abundantly,
Then He told them a parable, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man produced well.
17 and he reasoned with himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have a place to store my crops?'
And he reasoned within himself saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no place to store my crops?’
18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all of my grain and other goods.
Then he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my produce and my goods.
19 I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years. Rest easy, eat, drink, be merry.”'
And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and enjoy yourself!’
20 But God said to him, 'Foolish man, tonight your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
But God said to him: ‘Stupid! This very night your life is being taken back from you; then who will get the things you have prepared?’
21 That is what someone is like who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Just like that is he who accumulates treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
22 Jesus said to his disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat—or about your body, what you will wear.
Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.
23 For life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes.
Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Consider the ravens, that they do not sow or reap. They have no storeroom or barn, but God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. You are far more valuable than the birds!
25 Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his lifespan?
And who among you can add one cubit to his height by worrying?
26 If then you are not able to do such a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
So if you cannot do even such a little thing, why worry about the rest?
27 Consider the lilies—how they grow. They do not labor, neither do they spin. Yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; I say to you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of these.
28 If God so clothes the grass in the field, which exists today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
So if God so clothes the grass that today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, how much more you, O little-faiths!
29 Do not look for what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not be anxious.
Do not concentrate on what you may eat or what you may drink; do not be anxious.
30 For all the nations of the world look for these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
All these things really occupy the nations of the world, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
Rather, concentrate on the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be provided for you.
32 Do not fear, little flock, because your Father is very pleased to give you the kingdom.
“Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make for yourselves purses which will not wear out—treasure in the heavens that does not run out, where no thief comes near, and no moth destroys.
Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.
34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 Let your long clothing be tucked in at your belt, and let your lamps be kept burning,
“Let your waists be belted and your lamps burning,
36 and be like people looking for their master when he returns from the marriage feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open the door for him.
and you yourselves like men waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the master will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will tuck in his long clothing at his belt, and have them sit down at the table, and he will come and serve them.
Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find watching when he comes. Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them recline, and will come and serve them.
38 If the master comes in the second watch of the night, or if even in the third watch, and finds them ready, blessed are those servants.
And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 But understand this, that if the master of the house had known the hour the thief was coming he would not have let his house be broken into.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Be ready also, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man comes.”
Therefore you also be ready, because the Son of the Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable only to us, or also to everyone?”
Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will set over his other servants to give them their portion of food at the right time?
So the Lord said: “Who then is the faithful and prudent steward whom his master will place over his household to give them the food allowance at the right time?
43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing that when he comes.
Blessed is that slave whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
44 Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his property.
I tell you truly that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45 But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his return,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink, and to become drunk,
But if that servant should say in his heart, ‘My master won't come for a while,’ and should begin to hit the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect, and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and appoint a place for him with the unfaithful.
the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
47 That servant, having known his lord's will, and not having prepared or done according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.
“That servant who knew his master's will, but neither got ready nor did according to that will, will be beaten with many blows.
48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating, he will be beaten with a few blows. But everyone who has been given much, from them much will be required, and the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
But he who did not know, yet did things worthy of blows, will be beaten with few. Everyone to whom much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him much more will be asked.
49 I came to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled.
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is completed!
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
51 Do you think that I came to bring peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
Do you imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division.
52 For from now on there will be five in one house divided—three people against two, and two people against three.
Because from now on there will be 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 her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 Jesus was saying to the crowds also, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
Then He also said to the crowds: “Whenever you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and so it does.
55 When a south wind is blowing, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
And whenever a south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it happens.
56 Hypocrites, you know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the heavens, but how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present time?
Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky and of the earth, so how can you not discern this time?
57 Why do you not judge what is right for yourselves?
Also why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?
58 For when you go with your adversary before the magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the matter with him so that he does not drag you to the judge, and so that the judge does not deliver you to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.
“When you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 I say to you, you will never come out from there until you have paid the very last bit of money.”
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
