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Beware of Hypocrisy

12In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G5272 2"For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G1097 3"Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G1430

Jesus Teaches the Fear of God

4"And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G4160 5"But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G5126 6"Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G2316 7"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G4765

Confess Christ Before Men

8"Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G2316 9"But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G2316 10"And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G863 11"Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G2036 12"For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G2036

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G1700 14But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G5209 15And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G5224 16Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G2164 17"And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?'G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G2590 18"So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G18 19'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."'G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G2165 20"But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G2090 21"So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G2316

Do Not Worry

22Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G1746 23"Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G1742 24"Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G4071 25"And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G4083 26"If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G3062 27"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G5130 28"If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G3640 29"And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G3349 30"For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things.G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G5130 31"But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G5213 32"Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G932 33"Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G1311 34"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G2532

The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant

35"Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G2545 36"and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G2112 37"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G846 38"And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G1401 39"But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G1358 40"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G3756 41Then Peter said to Him, "Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?"G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G3956 42And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G2540 43"Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G4160 44"Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G5224 45"But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G3182 46"the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G571 47"And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G4183 48"But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G4055

Christ Brings Division

49"I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G381 50"But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G5055 51"Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G1267 52"For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.G1063G575G3568G2071G4002G1722G1520G3624G1266G5140G1909G1417G2532G1417G1909G5140 53"Father will be divided 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

Discern the Time

54Then He also said to the multitudes, "Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming'; and so it is.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G1096 55"And when you see the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G1096 56"Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G2540

Make Peace with Your Adversary

57"Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G1342 58"When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G5438 59"I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite."G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016


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