Luke 12
1 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;
And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.
3 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.
For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.
4 '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;
And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 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)
But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 '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,
And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.
9 and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 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.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.
11 '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,
And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.
13 And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'
But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?
15 And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.
17 and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 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,
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.
19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.
20 '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?
But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
21 so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 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;
And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.
23 the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.
The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.
24 '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?
Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?
25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye anxious?
If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?
27 '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;
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.
28 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?
Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith?
29 'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.
30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;
For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.
31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.
33 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;
Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.
34 for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.
36 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.
And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.
37 '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;
Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them.
38 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.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 '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;
But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.
40 and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.
41 And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'
And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?
42 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?
And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?
43 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.
44 truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.
Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.
45 '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;
But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:
46 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.
The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.
47 '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,
And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 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.
But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
49 'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?
I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?
50 but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?
51 'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;
Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
52 for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided — three against two, and two against three;
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
53 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.'
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 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;
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:
55 and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.
56 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]?
You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?
57 'And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?
And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?
58 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;
And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.
59 I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'
I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.
