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12IN THE meanwhile, when so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were trampling on one another, Jesus commenced by saying primarily to His disciples, Be on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [producing unrest and violent agitation].G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G5272 2Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G1097 3Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard {and} listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops.G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G1430 4I tell you, My friends, do not dread {and} be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G4160 5But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who, after killing, has power to hurl into hell (Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him!G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G5126 6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And [yet] not one of them is forgotten {or} uncared for in the presence of God.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G2316 7But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear {or} seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows.G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G4765 8And I tell you, Whoever declares openly [speaking out freely] {and} confesses that he is My worshiper {and} acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will declare {and} confess {and} acknowledge him before the angels of God.G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G2316 9But he who disowns {and} denies {and} rejects {and} refuses to acknowledge Me before men will be disowned {and} denied {and} rejected {and} refused acknowledgement in the presence of the angels of God.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G2316 10And everyone who makes a statement {or} speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit [that is, whoever intentionally comes short of the reverence due the Holy Spirit], it will not be forgiven him [for him there is no forgiveness].G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G863 11And when they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be anxious [beforehand] how you shall reply in defense or what you are to say.G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G2036 12For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour {and} moment what [you] ought to say.G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G2036 13Someone from the crowd said to Him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance {and} share it with me.G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G1700 14But He told him, Man, who has appointed Me a judge or umpire {and} divider over you?G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G5209 15And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does not consist in {and} is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance {or} that which is over and above his needs.G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G5224 16Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile {and} yielded plentifully.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G2164 17And he considered {and} debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest.G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G2590 18And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain {or produce} and my goods.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G18 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, {and} enjoy yourself merrily.G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G2165 20But God said to him, You fool! This very night they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be?G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G2090 21So it is with the one who continues to lay up {and} hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares].G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G2316 22And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious {and} troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear.G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G1746 23For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G1742 24Observe {and} consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds!G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G4071 25And which of you by being overly anxious {and} troubled with cares can add a cubit to his stature {or} a moment [unit] of time to his age [the length of his life]?G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G4083 26If then you are not able to do such a little thing as that, why are you anxious {and} troubled with cares about the rest?G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G3062 27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither [wearily] toil nor spin {nor} {weave;} yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory (his splendor and magnificence) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.]G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G5130 28But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you [people] of little faith?G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G3640 29And you, do not seek [by meditating and reasoning to inquire into] what you are to eat and what you are to drink; nor be of anxious (troubled) mind [unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense];G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G3349 30For all the pagan world is [greedily] seeking these things, and your Father knows that you need them.G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G5130 31Only aim at {and} strive for {and} seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G5213 32Do not be seized with alarm {and} struck with fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom!G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G932 33Sell what you possess and give donations to the poor; provide yourselves with purses {and} handbags that do not grow old, an unfailing {and} inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G1311 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G2532 35Keep your loins girded and your lamps burning,G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G2545 36And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G2112 37Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants whom the master finds awake {and} alert {and} watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them!G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G846 38If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight), and finds them so, blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants!G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G1401 39But of this be assured: if the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming, he would have been awake {and} alert {and} watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through {and} broken into.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G1358 40You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour {and} a moment when you do not anticipate it.G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G3756 41Peter said, Lord, are You telling this parable for us, or for all alike?G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G3956 42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time?G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G2540 43Blessed (happy and to be envied) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives.G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G4160 44Truly I tell you, he will set him in charge over all his possessions.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G5224 45But if that servant says in his heart, My master is late in coming, and begins to strike the menservants and the maids and to eat and drink and get drunk,G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G3182 46The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he does not know, and will punish him {and} cut him off and assign his lot with the unfaithful.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G571 47And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act as he would wish him to act shall be beaten with many [lashes].G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G4183 48But he who did not know and did things worthy of a beating shall be beaten with few [lashes]. For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required; and of him to whom men entrust much, they will require {and} demand all the more.G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G4055 49I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G381 50I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how greatly {and} sorely I am urged on (impelled, constrained) until it is accomplished!G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G5055 51Do you suppose that I have come to give peace upon earth? No, I say to you, but rather division;G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G1267 52For from now on in one house there will be five divided [among themselves], three against two and two against three.G1063G575G3568G2071G4002G1722G1520G3624G1266G5140G1909G1417G2532G1417G1909G5140 53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.G3962G1266G1909G5207G2532G5207G1909G3962G3384G1909G2364G2532G2364G1909G3384G3994G1909G846G3565G2532G3565G1909G846G3994 54He also said to the crowds of people, When you see a cloud rising in the west, at once you say, It is going to rain! And so it does.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G1096 55And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, There will be severe heat! And it occurs.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G1096 56You playactors (hypocrites)! You know how [intelligently] to discern {and} interpret {and} prove the looks of the earth and sky; but how is it that you do not know how to discern {and} interpret {and} apply the proof to this present time?G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G2540 57And why do you not judge what is just {and} personally decide what is right?G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G1342 58Then as you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make a diligent effort to settle {and} be quit (free) of him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G5438 59I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last [fraction of a] cent.G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016


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