Luke 12
1 As ther gadered together an innumerable multitude of people (in so moche that they trood one another) he began to saye vnto his disciples: Fyrst of all beware of the leve of the Pharises which is ypocrisy.
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 For ther is no thinge covered that shall not be vncovered: nether hyd that shall not be knowen.
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.
3 For whatsoever ye have spoken in in darknes: that same shalbe hearde in light. And that which ye have spoken in the the eare eve in secret places shalbe preached even on the toppe of the housses.
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 I saye vnto you my fredes: Be not afrayde of them that kyll the body and after that have no moare that they can 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 shewe you whom ye shall feare. Feare him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell. Ye I saye vnto you him feare. (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 sparowes bought for two farthinges? And yet not one of them is forgotten of God.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 Also even the very heres of youre heedes are nombred. Feare not therfore: ye are moare of value then many sparowes.
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 I saye vnto you: Whosoever confesseth me before men eve him shall ye sonne of man confesse also before ye angels 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 that denyeth me before men: shalbe denyed before ye angels of God.
But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And whosoever speaketh a worde agaynst ye sonne of ma it shalbe forgeven him. But vnto him yt blasphemeth the holy goost it shall not be forgeven.
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 When they bringe you vnto the synagoges and vnto the rulers and officers take no thought how or what thinge ye shall answer or what ye shall speake.
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 goost shall teache you in the same houre what ye ought to saye.
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.
13 One of the company sayde vnto hym: Master byd my brother devide the enheritauce with me.
And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he sayde vnto him: Man who made me a iudge or a devider over you?
But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?
15 Wherfore he sayde vnto them: take hede and beware of covetousnes. For no mannes lyfe stondeth in the aboundaunce of the thinges which he possesseth.
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 put forth a similitude vnto them sayinge: The groude of a certayne riche ma brought forth frutes plenteously
And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.
17 and he thought in himsilfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes?
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he sayde: This will I do. I will destroye my barnes and bilde greater and therin will I gadder all my frutes and my goodes:
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 saye to my soule: Soule thou hast moch goodes layde vp in stoore for many yeares take thyne ease: eate drinke and be mery.
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 But God sayde vnto him: Thou fole this night will they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall thoose thinges be which thou hast provyded?
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 it with him that gadereth ryches and is not ryche in God.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 And he spake vnto his disciples: Therfore I saye vnto you: take no thought for youre lyfe what ye shall eate nether for youre body what ye shall 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 lyfe is moare then meate and the bodye is moare then rayment.
The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.
24 Considre the ravens for they nether sowe nor repe which nether have stoorehousse ner barne and yet God fedeth them. How moche are ye better then the foules.
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 Which of you with takynge thought can adde to his stature one cubit?
And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?
26 Yf ye then be not able to do that thinge which is least: why take ye thought for the remmaunt?
If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?
27 Considre the lylies how they growe: They laboure not: they spyn not: and yet I saye vnto you that Salomon in all this royalte was not clothed lyke to 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 Yf the grasse which is todaye in the felde and tomorowe shalbe cast into the fornace God so clothe: how moche moore will he clothe you o ye endued wt litell 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 axe not what ye shall eate or what ye shall drinke nether clyme ye vp an hye
And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.
30 for all suche thinges the hethen people of the worlde seke for. Youre father knoweth that ye have nede of suche thinges.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.
31 Wherfore seke ye after the kyngedome of God and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Feare not litell floocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geve you a kingdome.
Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have and geve almes. And make you bagges which wexe not olde and treasure that fayleth not in heaven where noo these commeth nether moth corrupteth.
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 youre treasure is there will youre hertes be also.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let youre loynes be gerdde about and youre lightes brennynge
Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.
36 and ye youre selves lyke vnto men that wayte for their master when he will returne fro a weddinge: that assone as he cometh and knocketh they maye ope vnto 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 are those servauntes which the Lorde when he cometh shall fynde wakynge. Verely I saye vnto you he will gerdde him selfe about and make them sit doune to meate and walke by and minister vnto 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 yf he come in the seconde watche ye if he come in the thyrde watche and shall fynde them soo happy are those servauntes.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 This vnderstonde that yf the good man of the housse knewe what houre ye these wolde come he wolde suerly watche: and not suffer his housse to be broken vp.
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 Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.
41 Then Peter sayde vnto him: Master tellest thou this similitude vnto vs or to all men?
And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?
42 And the Lorde sayde: If there be any faith full servaut and wise whom his Lorde shall make ruler over his housholde to geve them their duetie of meate at due season:
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 is that servaunt whom his master when he cometh shall finde soo doinge.
Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.
44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you: that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.
45 But and yf the evyll servaunt shall saye in his hert: My master wyll differre his cominge and shall beginne to smyte the servauntes and maydens and to eate and drinke and to be dronken:
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 Lorde of that servaunt will come in a daye when he thinketh not and at an houre when he is not ware and will devyde him and will geve him his rewarde with the vnbelevers.
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 The servaut that knewe his masters will and prepared not him selfe nether dyd accordinge to his will shalbe bete with many strypes.
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 But he that knewe not and yet dyd committe thinges worthy of strypes shalbe beaten with feawe strypes. For vnto whom moche is geven of him shalbe moche requyred. And to whom men moche commyt the moare of him will they axe.
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 I am come to sende fyre on erth: and what is my dysyre but that it were all redy kyndled?
I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?
50 Not with stondinge I must de baptised with a baptyme: and how am I payned till it be ended?
And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?
51 Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on erth? I tell you naye: but rather debate.
Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.
52 For fro hence forthe ther shalbe five in one housse devided thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre.
For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shalbe devided agaynst the sonne and the sonne agaynst the father. The mother agaynst the doughter and the doughter agaynst the mother. The motereleawe agaynst hir doughterelawe and the doughterelawe agaynst hir motherelawe.
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 Then sayde he to the people: when ye se a cloude ryse out of the west strayght waye ye saye: we shall have a shower and soo it is.
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 ye se the south wynde blow ye saye: we shall have heet and it cometh to passe.
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.
56 Ypocrites ye can skyll of the fassion of the erth and of the skye: but what is ye cause that ye canot skyll of this time?
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 Ye and why iudge ye not of youre selves what is righte?
And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?
58 Whill thou goest with thyne adversary to the ruler: as thou arte in the waye geve diligence that thou mayst be delivered fro him least he bringe the to the iudge and the iudge delyver the to the iaylar and the iaylar cast the in to preson.
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 tell ye thou departest not thence tyll thou have made good ye vtmost myte.
I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.
