12Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy.G1722G3739G1996G3461G3793G5620G2662G240G756G3004G4314G846G3101G4412G4337G1438G575G2219G5330G3748G2076G5272 2The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.G1161G2076G3762G4780G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G1097 3Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!G473G3739G3745G2036G1722G4653G191G1722G5457G2532G3739G2980G4314G3775G1722G5009G2784G1909G1430 4"Dear friends, don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.G1161G3004G5213G3450G5384G5399G3361G5399G575G615G4983G2532G3326G5023G2192G3361G5100G4055G4160 5But I'll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell. Yes, he's the one to fear.G1161G5263G5213G5101G5399G5399G3326G615G2192G1849G1685G1519G1067G3483G3004G5213G5399G5126 6"What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.G4453G3780G4002G4765G4453G1417G787G2532G3756G1520G1537G846G2076G1950G1799G2316 7And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.G235G2532G2359G5216G2776G705G3956G705G5399G3361G3767G1308G4183G4765 8"I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels.G1161G3004G5213G3956G3739G302G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G5207G444G2532G3670G1715G32G2316 9But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied before God's angels.G1161G720G3165G1799G444G533G1799G32G2316 10Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.G2532G3956G3739G2046G3056G1519G5207G444G863G846G1161G987G1519G40G4151G863G3756G863 11"And when you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and authorities, don't worry about how to defend yourself or what to say,G1161G3752G4374G5209G1909G4864G2532G746G2532G1849G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G626G2228G5101G2036 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said."G1063G40G4151G1321G5209G1722G846G5610G3739G1163G2036 13Then someone called from the crowd, "Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father's estate with me."G1161G5100G1537G3793G2036G846G1320G2036G3450G80G3307G2817G3326G1700 14Jesus replied, "Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?"G1161G2036G846G444G5101G2525G3165G1348G2228G3312G1909G5209 15Then he said, "Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own."G1161G2036G4314G846G3708G2532G5442G575G4124G3754G5100G846G2222G2076G3756G1722G4052G1537G846G5224 16Then he told them a story: "A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.G1161G2036G3850G4314G846G3004G5561G5100G4145G444G2164 17He said to himself, 'What should I do? I don't have room for all my crops.'G2532G1260G1722G1438G3004G5101G4160G3754G2192G3756G4226G4863G3450G2590 18Then he said, 'I know! I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.G2532G2036G5124G4160G2507G3450G596G2532G3618G3187G2532G1563G4863G3956G3450G1081G2532G3450G18 19And I'll sit back and say to myself, "My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!"'G2532G2046G3450G5590G5590G2192G4183G18G2749G1519G4183G2094G373G5315G4095G2165 20"But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?'G1161G2316G2036G846G878G5026G3571G4675G5590G523G575G4675G1161G5101G2071G3739G2090 21"Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God."G3779G2343G1438G2532G4147G3361G4147G1519G2316 22Then, turning to his disciples, Jesus said, "That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear.G1161G2036G4314G846G3101G1223G5124G3004G5213G3309G3361G3309G5216G5590G5101G5315G3366G4983G5101G1746 23For life is more than food, and your body more than clothing.G5590G2076G4119G5160G2532G4983G1742 24Look at the ravens. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!G2657G2876G3754G3756G4687G3761G2325G3739G3756G2076G5009G3761G596G2532G2316G5142G846G4214G3123G1308G5210G1308G4071 25Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?G1161G5101G1537G5216G3309G1410G4369G1909G846G2244G1520G4083 26And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the use of worrying over bigger things?G1487G3767G1410G3777G1410G1646G5101G3309G4012G3062 27"Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.G2657G2918G4459G837G2872G3756G3514G3761G1161G3004G5213G4672G1722G3956G846G1391G4016G3761G4016G5613G1520G5130 28And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?G1487G1161G2316G3779G294G5528G5607G4594G1722G68G2532G839G906G1519G2823G4214G3123G5209G3640 29"And don't be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don't worry about such things.G2532G2212G3361G5210G5101G5315G2228G5101G4095G2532G3361G3349 30These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but your Father already knows your needs.G1063G3956G5023G1934G1484G2889G1934G1161G5216G3962G1492G3754G5535G5130 31Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.G4133G2212G932G2316G2532G3956G5023G4369G5213 32"So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.G5399G3361G3398G4168G3754G2106G5216G3962G2106G1325G5213G932 33"Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.G4453G5216G5224G2532G1325G1654G4160G1438G905G3822G3361G3822G2344G1722G3772G413G3699G3756G2812G1448G3761G4597G1311 34Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.G1063G3699G5216G2344G2076G1563G2071G5216G2588G2071G2532 35"Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning,G2077G5216G3751G2077G4024G2532G3088G2545 36as though you were waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and knocks.G2532G5210G3664G444G4327G1438G2962G4219G360G1537G1062G2443G2064G2532G2925G455G846G2112 37The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded. I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!G3107G1565G1401G3739G2962G2064G2147G1127G281G3004G5213G3754G4024G2532G347G846G347G2532G3928G1247G846 38He may come in the middle of the night or just before dawn. But whenever he comes, he will reward the servants who are ready.G2532G1437G2064G1722G1208G5438G2532G2064G1722G5154G5438G2532G2147G3779G3107G1526G1565G1401 39"Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.G1161G5124G1097G3754G1487G3617G1492G4169G5610G2812G2064G302G1127G2532G302G3756G863G846G3624G1358 40You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected."G1096G5210G3767G2092G2532G3754G3739G5207G444G2064G5610G1380G3756 41Peter asked, "Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone?"G1161G4074G2036G846G2962G3004G5026G3850G4314G2248G2228G2532G4314G3956 42And the Lord replied, "A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.G1161G2962G2036G5101G686G2076G4103G2532G5429G3623G3739G2962G2525G1909G846G2322G1325G4620G1722G2540 43If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.G3107G1565G1401G3739G846G2962G2064G2147G3779G4160 44I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.G230G3004G5213G3754G846G2525G1909G3956G846G5224 45But what if the servant thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?G1161G1437G1565G1401G2036G1722G846G2588G3450G2962G5549G2064G2532G756G5180G3816G2532G3814G5037G2068G2532G4095G2532G3182 46The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in pieces and banish him with the unfaithful.G2962G1565G1401G2240G1722G2250G3739G4328G3756G4328G2532G1722G5610G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G1371G846G1371G2532G5087G846G3313G3326G571 47"And a servant who knows what the master wants, but isn't prepared and doesn't carry out those instructions, will be severely punished.G1161G1565G1401G3588G1097G1438G2962G2307G2532G2090G3361G3366G4160G4314G846G2307G1194G4183 48But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.G1161G1097G3361G1161G4160G514G4127G1194G3641G1161G3739G3956G4183G1325G3844G846G4183G2212G2532G3739G3908G4183G846G154G4055 49"I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!G2064G906G4442G1519G1093G2532G5101G2309G1487G381G2235G381 50I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.G1161G2192G908G907G2532G4459G4912G2193G3739G5055 51Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!G1380G3754G3854G1325G1515G1722G1093G3004G5213G3780G235G2228G1267 52From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.G1063G575G3568G2071G4002G1722G1520G3624G1266G5140G1909G1417G2532G1417G1909G5140 53'Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.'"G3962G1266G1909G5207G2532G5207G1909G3962G3384G1909G2364G2532G2364G1909G3384G3994G1909G846G3565G2532G3565G1909G846G3994 54Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said, "When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, 'Here comes a shower.' And you are right.G1161G3004G2532G3793G3752G1492G3507G393G575G1424G2112G3004G2064G3655G2532G3779G1096 55When the south wind blows, you say, 'Today will be a scorcher.' And it is.G2532G3752G3558G4154G3004G3754G2071G2742G2532G1096 56You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don't know how to interpret the present times.G5273G1492G1381G4383G3772G2532G1093G1161G4459G3756G1381G5126G2540 57"Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right?G1161G5101G2532G575G1438G2919G3756G1342 58When you are on the way to court with your accuser, try to settle the matter before you get there. Otherwise, your accuser may drag you before the judge, who will hand you over to an officer, who will throw you into prison.G5613G1063G5217G3326G4675G476G1909G758G1722G3598G1325G2039G525G575G846G3379G2694G4571G4314G2923G2532G2923G3860G4571G4233G2532G4233G906G4571G1519G5438 59And if that happens, you won't be free again until you have paid the very last penny."G3004G4671G1831G3364G1831G1564G2532G2193G3739G591G2078G3016
13About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple.G1161G3918G1722G846G2540G5100G518G846G4012G1057G3739G129G4091G3396G3326G846G2378 2"Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee?" Jesus asked. "Is that why they suffered?G2532G2424G611G2036G846G1380G3754G3778G1057G1096G268G3844G3956G1057G3754G3958G5108 3Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.G3004G5213G3780G235G3362G3340G622G3956G5615G622 4And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem?G2228G1565G1176G2532G3638G1909G3739G4444G1722G4611G4098G2532G615G846G1380G3754G3778G1096G3781G3844G3956G444G2730G1722G2419 5No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish, too."G3004G5213G3780G235G3362G3340G622G3956G3668G622 6Then Jesus told this story: "A man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed.G3004G1161G5026G3850G5100G2192G4808G5452G1722G846G290G2532G2064G2212G2590G1722G846G2532G2147G3756 7Finally, he said to his gardener, 'I've waited three years, and there hasn't been a single fig! Cut it down. It's just taking up space in the garden.'G1161G2036G4314G289G2400G5140G2094G2064G2212G2590G1722G5026G4808G2532G2147G3756G1581G846G1581G2444G2532G2673G846G1093 8"The gardener answered, 'Sir, give it one more chance. Leave it another year, and I'll give it special attention and plenty of fertilizer.G1161G611G3004G846G2962G863G846G863G5124G2094G2532G2193G3755G4626G4012G846G2532G906G2874 9If we get figs next year, fine. If not, then you can cut it down.'"G2579G3303G4160G2590G1490G1519G3195G1581G846G1581 10One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,G1161G2258G1321G1722G3391G4864G1722G4521 11he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight.G2532G2400G2258G1135G2192G4151G769G1176G2532G3638G2094G2532G2258G4794G2532G1410G1519G3361G3838G352 12When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Dear woman, you are healed of your sickness!"G1161G2424G1492G846G4377G2532G2036G846G1135G630G4675G769 13Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!G2532G2007G5495G2007G846G2532G3916G461G2532G1392G2316 14But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. "There are six days of the week for working," he said to the crowd. "Come on those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath."G1161G752G611G23G3754G2424G2323G4521G3004G3793G1526G1803G2250G1722G3739G1163G2038G1722G5025G3767G2064G2323G2532G3361G4521G2250 15But the Lord replied, "You hypocrites! Each of you works on the Sabbath day! Don't you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?G2962G3767G611G846G2532G2036G5273G3089G3756G1538G5216G4521G3089G846G1016G2228G3688G575G5336G2532G520G4222 16This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by Satan for eighteen years. Isn't it right that she be released, even on the Sabbath?"G1161G1163G3756G5026G5607G2364G11G3739G4567G1210G2400G1176G2532G3638G2094G3089G575G5127G1199G4521G2250 17This shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.G2532G846G3004G5023G3956G846G480G2617G2532G3956G3793G5463G1909G3956G1741G1096G5259G846 18Then Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?G1161G3004G5101G2076G932G2316G3664G2532G5101G3666G846 19It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden; it grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches."G2076G3664G2848G4615G3739G444G2983G906G1519G1438G2779G2532G837G2532G1096G1519G3173G1186G2532G4071G3772G2681G1722G2798G846 20He also asked, "What else is the Kingdom of God like?G2532G3825G2036G5101G3666G932G2316 21It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough."G2076G3664G2219G3739G1135G2983G1470G1519G5140G4568G224G2193G3739G3650G2220 22Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem.G2532G1279G2596G4172G2532G2968G1321G2532G4160G4197G1519G2419 23Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" He replied,G1161G2036G5100G4314G846G2962G1487G3641G4982G1161G2036G846 24"Work hard to enter the narrow door to God's Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.G75G1525G1223G4728G4439G3754G4183G3004G5213G2212G1525G2532G2480G3756G2480 25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'G575G3739G302G3617G1453G2532G608G2374G2532G756G2476G1854G2532G2925G2374G3004G2962G2962G455G2254G2532G611G2046G5213G1492G5209G3756G4159G2075 26Then you will say, 'But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'G5119G756G3004G5315G2532G4095G4675G1799G2532G1321G1722G2257G4113 27And he will reply, 'I tell you, I don't know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.'G2532G2046G3004G5213G1492G5209G3756G4159G2075G868G575G1700G3956G2040G93 28"There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.G1563G2071G2805G2532G1030G3599G3752G3700G11G2532G2464G2532G2384G2532G3956G4396G1722G932G2316G1161G5209G1544G1854 29And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.G2532G2240G575G395G2532G1424G2532G575G1005G2532G3558G2532G347G1722G932G2316 30And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then."G2532G2400G1526G2078G3739G2071G4413G2532G1526G4413G3739G2071G2078 31At that time some Pharisees said to him, "Get away from here if you want to live! Herod Antipas wants to kill you!"G1722G846G2250G4334G5100G5330G3004G846G1831G2532G4198G1782G3754G2264G2309G615G4571 32Jesus replied, "Go tell that fox that I will keep on casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow; and the third day I will accomplish my purpose.G2532G2036G846G4198G2036G5026G258G2400G1544G1140G2532G2005G2392G4594G2532G839G2532G5154G5048 33Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn't do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!G4133G3165G1163G4198G4594G2532G839G2532G2192G3754G3756G1735G4396G622G1854G2419 34"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.G2419G2419G3588G615G4396G2532G3036G649G4314G846G4212G2309G1996G4675G5043G1996G3739G5158G3733G1438G3555G5259G4420G2532G2309G3756 35And now, look, your house is abandoned. And you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD!'"G2400G5216G3624G863G5213G2048G1161G281G3004G5213G3754G1492G3364G1492G3165G2193G302G2240G3753G2036G2127G2064G1722G3686G2962
118Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H3034H3068H2896H2617H5769 2Let all Israel repeat. “His faithful love endures forever.”H3478H559H2617H5769 3Let Aaron’s descendants, the priests, repeat. “His faithful love endures forever.”H1004H175H559H2617H5769 4Let all who fear the Lord repeat. “His faithful love endures forever.”H3373H3068H559H2617H5769 5In my distress I prayed to the Lord, and the Lord answered me and set me free.H7121H3050H4712H3050H6030H4800 6The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?H3068H3372H6213H120H6213 7Yes, the Lord is for me; he will help me. I will look in triumph at those who hate me.H3068H5826H7200H8130 8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people.H2896H2620H3068H982H120 9It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.H2896H2620H3068H982H5081 10Though hostile nations surrounded me, I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.H1471H5437H8034H3068H4135 11Yes, they surrounded and attacked me, but I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.H5437H5437H8034H3068H4135 12They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.H5437H1682H1846H784H6975H8034H3068H4135 13My enemies did their best to kill me, but the Lord rescued me.H1760H1760H5307H3068H5826 14The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.H3050H5797H2176H3444 15Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!H6963H7440H3444H168H6662H3225H3068H6213H2428 16The strong right arm of the Lord is raised in triumph. The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!H3225H3068H7426H3225H3068H6213H2428 17I will not die; instead, I will live to tell what the Lord has done.H4191H2421H5608H4639H3050 18The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not let me die.H3050H3256H3256H5414H4194 19Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the Lord.H6605H8179H6664H935H3034H3050 20These gates lead to the presence of the Lord, and the godly enter there.H8179H3068H6662H935 21I thank you for answering my prayer and giving me victory!H3034H6030H3444 22The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.H68H1129H3988H7218H6438 23This is the Lord’s doing, and it is wonderful to see.H3068H6381H5869 24This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.H3117H3068H6213H1523H8055 25Please, Lord, please save us. Please, Lord, please give us success.H3467H577H3068H3068H577H6743 26Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord.H1288H935H8034H3068H1288H1004H3068 27The Lord is God, shining upon us. Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.H410H3068H215H631H2282H5688H7161H4196 28You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you!H410H3034H430H7311 29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.H3034H3068H2896H2617H5769
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