Luke 12
1 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, 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 But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.
3 Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on 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 “I tell you, my friends, don’t 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 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast 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 “Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by 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 counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows.
8 “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess 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 but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the agents of God.
10 Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will 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 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will 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 same hour what you must say.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?
15 He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of 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 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well.
17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops?
18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain 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 I will tell 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, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will 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 who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.
22 He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will 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 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
For the life is more than the food, and the body, the clothing.
24 Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than 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 Which of you by being anxious 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 aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about 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 don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, 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 But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he 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 “Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
And do not seek what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, and do not be unsettled.
30 For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need 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 God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
However, seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
32 “Don’t be afraid, 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 gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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 waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning,
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to 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 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will 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 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not 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 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.
41 Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?
42 The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
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 servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.
44 Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over the things being possessed by him.
45 But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
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 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place 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 That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
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 didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
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 throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
I came to cast fire upon the earth, and what I desire is if it were kindled already.
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until 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 have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
52 For from now on, 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 They will be divided, 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 He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
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 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
And when a south wind is blowing, ye say, There will be heat, and it happens.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this 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 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
And also why do ye not judge yourselves what is right?
58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw 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 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”
I say to thee, thou will, no, not come out from there, until thou have paid even the last mite.
