Luke 12
12In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G52722There is nothing covered that won't be uncovered, nothing hidden that won't be made known.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G10973Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in an ear in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G14304"And I say to you, My friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G41605But I will show you the One to fear: Fear Him who has authority to throw [people] into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the One to fear!G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G51266Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G23167Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G47658"And I say to you, anyone who acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God,G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G23169but whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G231610Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G86311Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don't worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say.G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G203612For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said."G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G203613Someone from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G170014"Friend," He said to him, "who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?"G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G520915He then told them, "Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one's life is not in the abundance of his possessions."G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G522416Then He told them a parable: "A rich man's land was very productive.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G216417He thought to himself, 'What should I do, since I don't have anywhere to store my crops?G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G259018I will do this,' he said. 'I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods there.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G1819Then I'll say to myself, "You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G216520"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?'G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G209021"That's how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G231622Then He said to His disciples: "Therefore I tell you, don't worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G174623For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G174224Consider the ravens: they don't sow or reap; they don't have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren't you worth much more than the birds?G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G407125Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G408326If then you're not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest?G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G306227"Consider how the wildflowers grow: they don't labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G513028If that's how God clothes the grass, which is in the field today and is thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more will He do for you— you of little faith?G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G364029Don't keep striving for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don't be anxious.G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G334930For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G513031"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be provided for you.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G521332Don't be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G93233Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won't grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G131134For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G253235"Be ready for service and have your lamps lit.G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G254536You must be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open [the door] for him at once.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G211237Those slaves the master will find alert when he comes will be blessed. I assure you: He will get ready, have them recline at the table, then come and serve them.G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G84638If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed.G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G140139But know this: if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G135840You also be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G375641"Lord," Peter asked, "are You telling this parable to us or to everyone?"G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G395642The Lord said: "Who then is the faithful and sensible manager his master will put in charge of his household servants to give them their allotted food at the proper time?G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G254043That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G416044I tell you the truth: he will put him in charge of all his possessions.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G522445But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and starts to beat the male and female slaves, and to eat and drink and get drunk,G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G318246that slave's master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G57147And that slave who knew his master's will and didn't prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G418348But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G405549"I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G38150But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G505551Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G126752From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.G1063G575G3568G2071G4002G1722G1520G3624G1266G5140G1909G1417G2532G1417G1909G514053They will be divided, father against son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."G3962G1266G1909G5207G2532G5207G1909G3962G3384G1909G2364G2532G2364G1909G3384G3994G1909G846G3565G2532G3565G1909G846G399454He also said to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, 'A storm is coming,' and so it does.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G109655And when the south wind is blowing, you say, 'It's going to be a scorcher!' and it is.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G109656Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don't you know how to interpret this time?G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G254057"Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G134258As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won't drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G543859I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent."G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016
Columbus, OH
