12Meanwhile, the people had gathered by the thousands and were trampling on one another. Jesus began to speak first to his disciples. "Watch out for the yeast - that is, the hypocrisy - of the Pharisees!G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G52722There is nothing covered up that will not be exposed and nothing secret that will not be made known.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G10973Therefore, what you have said in darkness will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be shouted from the housetops."G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G14304"But I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can't do anything more.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G41605I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G51266"Five sparrows are sold for two pennies, aren't they? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G23167Why, even all the hairs on your head have been counted! Stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G47658"But I tell you, the Son of Man will acknowledge before God's angels everyone who acknowledges me before people.G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G23169But whoever denies me before people will be denied before God's angels.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G231610Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G86311When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G203612because at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you are to say."8G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G203613Then someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G170014But Jesus asked him, "Mister, who appointed me to be a judge or arbitrator over you people?"G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G520915Then he said to them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G522416Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G216417So he began to think to himself, 'What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G259018Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I'll store all my grain and goods in them.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G1819Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G216520But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G209021That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself rather than with God."G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G231622Then Jesus said to his disciples, "That's why I'm telling you to stop worrying about your life - what you will eat - or about your body - what you will wear,G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G174623because life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G174224Consider the crows. They don't plant or harvest, they don't even have a storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G407125Can any of you add an hour to the length of your life by worrying -G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G408326So if you can't do a small thing like that, why worry about other things -G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G306227Consider how the lilies grow. They don't work or spin yarn, but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was clothed like one of them.G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G513028Now if that's the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you - you who have little faith -G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G364029"So stop concerning yourselves about what you will eat or what you will drink, and stop being distressed,G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G334930because it is the gentiles who are concerned about all these things. Surely your Father knows that you need them!G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G513031Instead, be concerned about his kingdom, and these things will be provided for you as well.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G521332Stop being afraid, little flock, because your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G93233"Sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor. Make yourselves wallets that don't wear out - a dependable treasure in heaven, where no thief can get close and no moth can destroy anything.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G131134Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G253235"You must keep your belts fastened and your lamps burning.G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G254536Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G211237How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G84638How blessed they will be if their master comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them awake!G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G140139But be sure of this: if the homeowner had known at what time the thief were coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G135840So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."38G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G375641Peter asked, "Lord, are you telling this parable just for us or for everyone?"G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G395642The Lord said, "Who, then, is the faithful and careful servant manager whom his master will put in charge of giving all his other servants their share of food at the right time -G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G254043How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G416044I tell you with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G522445"But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G318246the master of that servant will come on a day when he doesn't expect him and at an hour that he doesn't know. Then his master will punish him severely and assign him a place with unfaithful people.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G57147That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G418348But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G405549"I've come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already ablaze!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G38150I have a baptism to be baptized with, and what stress I am under until it's completed!G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G505551"Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G126752From now on, five people 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 daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."12G3962G1266G1909G5207G2532G5207G1909G3962G3384G1909G2364G2532G2364G1909G3384G3994G1909G846G3565G2532G3565G1909G846G399454Then Jesus said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in the west, you immediately say, 'There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G109655When you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and so it is.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G109656You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?"G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G254057"Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right -G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G134258For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G543859I tell you, you will never get out of there until you pay back the last penny!"G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016