LU-12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an
innumerable
multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another,
he began to say
unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the
Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
LU-12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed; neither hid,
that shall not be known.
LU-12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall
be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall
be proclaimed
upon the housetops.
LU-12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them
that kill the
body, and after that have no more that they can do.
LU-12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him,
which after he
hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you,
Fear him.
LU-12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not
one of them is
forgotten before God?
LU-12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear not
therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
LU-12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before
men, him shall
the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
LU-12:9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied
before the angels of
God.
LU-12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of
man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy
Ghost it shall not
be forgiven.
LU-12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and
[unto] magistrates,
and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer,
or what ye
shall say:
LU-12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour
what ye ought to
say.
LU-12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to
my brother,
that he divide the inheritance with me.
LU-12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a
divider over you?
LU-12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of
covetousness: for a
man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which
he possesseth.
LU-12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground
of a certain
rich man brought forth plentifully:
LU-12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do,
because I
have no room where to bestow my fruits?
LU-12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns,
and build
greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
LU-12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.
LU-12:20 But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy
soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou
hast provided?
LU-12:21 So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is
not rich
toward God.
LU-12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto
you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,
what ye shall
put on.
LU-12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body [is more]
than raiment.
LU-12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither
have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more
are ye better
than the fowls?
LU-12:25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his
stature one
cubit?
LU-12:26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,
why take ye
thought for the rest?
LU-12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they
spin not; and
yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of
these.
LU-12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in
the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [will he clothe] you,
O ye of
little faith?
LU-12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink, neither be
ye of doubtful mind.
LU-12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek
after: and your
Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
LU-12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these
things shall be
added unto you.
LU-12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good
pleasure to give
you the kingdom.
LU-12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves
bags which wax
not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no
thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
LU-12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also.
LU-12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights
burning;
LU-12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their
lord, when he
will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh,
they may open
unto him immediately.
LU-12:37 Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he
cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and
make them to
sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
LU-12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in
the third watch,
and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
LU-12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had
known what hour
the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have
suffered his house to
be broken through.
LU-12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh
at an hour when
ye think not.
LU-12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this
parable unto us,
or even to all?
LU-12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise
steward, whom
[his] lord shall make ruler over his household, to give [them
their] portion of
meat in due season?
LU-12:43 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he
cometh shall find so
doing.
LU-12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler
over all that
he hath.
LU-12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his
coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and
to eat and
drink, and to be drunken;
LU-12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he
looketh not for
[him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in
sunder, and
will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
LU-12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and
prepared not
[himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten
with many
[stripes].
LU-12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of
stripes, shall
be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given,
of him shall
be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him
they will ask the
more.
LU-12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I,
if it be
already kindled?
LU-12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I
straitened
till it be accomplished!
LU-12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I
tell you, Nay;
but rather division:
LU-12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house
divided, three
against two, and two against three.
LU-12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the
son against the
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.
LU-12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud
rise out of the
west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
LU-12:55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There
will be heat;
and it cometh to pass.
LU-12:56 [Ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky
and of the earth;
but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
LU-12:57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is
right?
LU-12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,
[as thou art]
in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from
him; lest he hale
thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and the officer
cast thee into prison.
LU-12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou
hast paid the
very last mite.
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