Apr. 20, 21
Luke 12
Luk 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.
Luk 12:2 But there is
nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will
not be known.
Luk 12:3 Therefore
whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light.
What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be
proclaimed on the housetops.
Luk 12:4 "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.
Luk 12:5 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.
Luk 12:6 "Aren't
five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is
forgotten by God.
Luk 12:7 But the very
hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You
are of more value than many sparrows.
Luk 12:8 "I tell
you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man
also confess before the angels of God;
Luk 12:9 but he who
denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of
the angels of God.
Luk 12:10 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.
Luk 12:11 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;
Luk 12:12 for the Holy
Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
Luk 12:13 One of the
multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the
inheritance with me."
Luk 12:14 But he said
to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
Luk 12:15 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."
Luk 12:16 He spoke a
parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man
brought forth abundantly.
Luk 12:17 He reasoned
within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to
store my crops?'
Luk 12:18 He said,
'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger
ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luk 12:19 I will tell
my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take
your ease, eat, drink, be merry." '
Luk 12:20 "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?'
Luk 12:21 So is he who
lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Luk 12:22 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.
Luk 12:23 Life is more
than food, and the body is more than clothing.
Luk 12:24 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!
Luk 12:25 Which of you
by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
Luk 12:26 If then you
aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about
the rest?
Luk 12:27 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.
Luk 12:28 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?
Luk 12:29 Don't seek
what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Luk 12:30 For the
nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father
knows that you need these things.
Luk 12:31 But seek
God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
Luk 12:32 Don't be
afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give
you the Kingdom.
Luk 12:33 Sell that
which 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, neither moth destroys.
Luk 12:34 For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luk 12:35 "Let
your waist be girded and your lamps burning.
Luk 12:36 Be like men
watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast;
that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
Luk 12:37 Blessed are
those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most
certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them
recline, and will come and serve them.
Luk 12:38 They will be
blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
Luk 12:39 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.
Luk 12:40 Therefore be
ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't
expect him."
Luk 12:41 Peter said to
him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to
everybody?"
Luk 12:42 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?
Luk 12:43 Blessed is
that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
Luk 12:44 Truly I tell
you, that he will set him over all that he has.
Luk 12:45 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,
Luk 12:46 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.
Luk 12:47 That servant,
who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted,
will be beaten with many stripes,
Luk 12:48 but he who
didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with
few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required;
and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
Luk 12:49 "I came
to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
Luk 12:50 But I have a
baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is
accomplished!
Luk 12:51 Do you think
that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but
rather division.
Luk 12:52 For from now
on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and
two against three.
Luk 12:53 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."
Luk 12:54 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.
Luk 12:55 When a south
wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it
happens.
Luk 12:56 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?
Luk 12:57 Why don't you
judge for yourselves what is right?
Luk 12:58 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.
Luk 12:59 I tell you,
you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very
last penny."