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Luke 12
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A Warning against Hypocrisy

12As thousands of people crowded together, so that they were stepping on each other, Jesus said first to his disciples, "Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees - -I mean their hypocrisy.G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G5272
2Whatever is covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G1097
3So then, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in broad daylight, and whatever you have whispered in private in a closed room will be shouted from the housetops.G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G1430

Whom to Fear

4"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot afterward do anything worse.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G4160
5I will show you whom to fear: fear God, who, after killing, has the authority to throw into hell. Believe me, he is the one you must fear!G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G5126
6"Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one sparrow is forgotten by God.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G2316
7Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G4765

Confessing and Rejecting Christ

8"I assure you that those who declare publicly that they belong to me, the Son of Man will do the same for them before the angels of God.G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G2316
9But those who reject me publicly, the Son of Man will also reject them before the angels of God.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G2316
10"Whoever says a word against the Son of Man can be forgiven; but whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G863
11"When they bring you to be tried in the synagogues or before governors or rulers, do not be worried about how you will defend yourself or what you will say.G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G2036
12For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G2036

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13A man in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us."G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G1700
14Jesus answered him, "Friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?"G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G5209
15And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G5224
16Then Jesus told them this parable: "There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G2164
17He began to think to himself, 'I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G2590
18This is what I will do,' he told himself; 'I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G18
19Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself !'G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G2165
20But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G2090
21And Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G2316

Trust in God

22Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G1746
23Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G1742
24Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds!G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G4071
25Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G4083
26If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G3062
27Look how the wild flowers grow: they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G5130
28It is God who clothes the wild grass - -grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won't he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G3640
29"So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G3349
30(For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things.G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G5130
31Instead, be concerned with his Kingdom, and he will provide you with these things.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G5213

Riches in Heaven

32"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G932
33Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G1311
34For your heart will always be where your riches are.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G2532

Watchful Servants

35"Be ready for whatever comes, dressed for action and with your lamps lit,G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G2545
36like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G2112
37How happy are those servants whose master finds them awake and ready when he returns! I tell you, he will take off his coat, have them sit down, and will wait on them.G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G846
38How happy they are if he finds them ready, even if he should come at midnight or even later!G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G1401
39And you can be sure that if the owner of a house knew the time when the thief would come, he would not let the thief break into his house.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G1358
40And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him."G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G3756

The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant

41Peter said, "Lord, does this parable apply to us, or do you mean it for everyone?"G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G3956
42The Lord answered, "Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant? He is the one that his master will put in charge, to run the household and give the other servants their share of the food at the proper time.G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G2540
43How happy that servant is if his master finds him doing this when he comes home!G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G4160
44Indeed, I tell you, the master will put that servant in charge of all his property.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G5224
45But if that servant says to himself that his master is taking a long time to come back and if he begins to beat the other servants, both the men and the women, and eats and drinks and gets drunk,G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G3182
46then the master will come back one day when the servant does not expect him and at a time he does not know. The master will cut him in pieces and make him share the fate of the disobedient.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G571
47"The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G4183
48But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G4055

Jesus the Cause of Division

49"I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G381
50I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over!G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G5055
51Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division.G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G1267
52From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three.G1063G575G3568G2071G4002G1722G1520G3624G1266G5140G1909G1417G2532G1417G1909G5140
53Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law."G3962G1266G1909G5207G2532G5207G1909G3962G3384G1909G2364G2532G2364G1909G3384G3994G1909G846G3565G2532G3565G1909G846G3994

Understanding the Time

54Jesus said also to the people, "When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain - -and it does.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G1096
55And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot - -and it does.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G1096
56Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G2540

Settle with Your Opponent

57"Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do?G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G1342
58If someone brings a lawsuit against you and takes you to court, do your best to settle the dispute before you get to court. If you don't, you will be dragged before the judge, who will hand you over to the police, and you will be put in jail.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G5438
59There you will stay, I tell you, until you pay the last penny of your fine."G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016


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