Luke 12

¹In these times, the myriads of the crowd having been gathered together so as to trample upon one another, He began to say to His disciples first, “Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

²And nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

³Instead, whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

⁴And I say to you, My friends, you should not be afraid of those killing the body and after these things not having anything more to do.

⁵But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One having authority, after the killing, to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you, fear Him!

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

⁷But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

⁸And I say to you, everyone who will confess in Me before men, the Son of Man also will confess in him before the angels of God.

⁹But the one having denied Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁰And everyone who will speak a word to the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but the one having blasphemed to the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

¹¹And when they bring you in before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how or what you may reply in defense, or what you may say.

¹²For the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what it is necessary to say.”

¹³And one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the inheritance.”

¹⁴And He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or divider over you?”

¹⁵And He said to them, “Beware, and keep yourselves from all covetousness, because not to anyone is his life in the abundance of that which he possesses.”

¹⁶And He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

¹⁷And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store up my fruits?’

¹⁸And he said, ‘This I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build larger ones, and I will gather there all my grain and goods.

¹⁹And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, be merry.”’

²⁰And God said to him, ‘Fool! This night, your soul is required of you; but what you prepared—to whom will it be?’

²¹So is the one treasuring up for himself and not being rich toward God.”

²²And He said to His disciples, “Because of this I say to you, do not be anxious for life, what you may eat, nor for your body, what you might put on.

²³For life is more than food, and the body than clothing.

²⁴Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; unto them there is not a storehouse nor a barn—and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!

²⁵And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his lifespan a cubit?

²⁶If, then, you are not even able to do the least, why are you anxious about the rest?

²⁷Consider the lilies, how they grow: They do not labor, nor do they spin. Yet I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

²⁸But if God thus clothes the grass in the field, being here today and tomorrow being thrown into the furnace, how much more you, O little of faith!

²⁹And you, do not seek what you might eat and what you might drink, and do not be in suspense;

³⁰for all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you have need of these.

³¹But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

³²Do not fear, little flock, because your Father was well pleased to give you the kingdom.

³³Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves purses not growing old, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where thief does not draw near, nor does moth destroy.

³⁴For where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.

³⁵Let your loins be girded around and the lamps burning,

³⁶and you be like men waiting for their master when he shall return from the wedding feasts, that, having come and having knocked, immediately they might open to him.

³⁷Blessed are those servants whom, having come, the master will find watching. Truly I say to you that he will gird himself and will make them recline, and having come up, will serve them.

³⁸And if he should come in the second, and if in the third watch, and he finds thus, blessed are those.

³⁹But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief comes, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into.

⁴⁰And you, be ready, because the Son of Man comes in that hour you do not think.”

⁴¹And Peter said, “Lord, do You say this parable to us, or also to all?”

⁴²And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful, wise manager, whom the master will set over the care of his, to give in season the grain measure?

⁴³Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, will find doing so.

⁴⁴Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his possessions.

⁴⁵But if that servant should say in his heart, ‘My master delays to come,’ and should begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to get drunk,

⁴⁶the master of that servant will come in a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know, and he will cut him in two and will appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷Now that servant, the one having known the will of his master and not having prepared nor having done according to his will, he will be beaten with many.

⁴⁸But the one not having known but having done things worthy of stripes will be beaten with few. And of everyone to whom much was given, much will be required; and from him to whom much was committed, more will they ask of him.

⁴⁹I came to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

⁵⁰But I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how distressed I am until it should be accomplished!

⁵¹Do you think that I came to grant peace on the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division.

⁵²For from now there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three.

⁵³They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against the daughter and daughter against the mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.”

⁵⁴And He was also saying to the crowds, “When you see the cloud rising up in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.

⁵⁵And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘There will be heat,’ and it happens.

⁵⁶Hypocrites! The face of the earth and of the sky you know to discern, but how do you not know to discern this time?

⁵⁷And why do you not even judge for yourselves what is right?

⁵⁸For as you are going with your adversary before a ruler, give effort to be set free from him in the way, lest ever he should drag you away to the judge, and the judge will deliver you to the officer, and the officer will cast you into prison.

⁵⁹I say to you, you shall never come out from there until you should pay back even the last lepton.”