ASV_Strong : Luke 12
1. In[G1722] the mean time[G3739], when the many[G3793] thousands of the multitude[G3461] were gathered together[G1996], insomuch that[G5620] they trod[G2662] one upon another[G240], he began[G756] to say[G3004] unto[G4314] his[G846] disciples[G3101] first of all[G4412], Beware[G4337] ye[G1438] of[G575] the leaven[G2219] of the Pharisees[G5330], which[G3748] is[G2076] hypocrisy[G5272].
2. But[G1161] there is[G2076] nothing[G3762] covered[G4780] up[G3739], that shall[G601] not[G3756] be revealed[G601]; and[G2532] hid[G2927], that[G3739] shall[G1097] not[G3756] be known[G1097].
3. Wherefore[G473, 3739] whatsoever[G3745] ye have said[G2036] in[G1722] the darkness[G4653] shall be heard[G191] in[G1722] the light[G5457]; and[G2532] what[G3739] ye have spoken[G2980] in[G4314] the ear[G3775] in[G1722] the inner chambers[G5009] shall be proclaimed[G2784] upon[G1909] the housetops[G1430].
4. And[G1161] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213] my[G3450] friends[G5384], Be[G5399] not[G3361] afraid[G5399] of[G575] them that kill[G615] the body[G4983], and[G2532] after[G3326] that[G5023] have[G2192] no[G3361] more[G4053] that[G5100] they can do[G4160].
5. But[G1161] I will warn[G5263] you[G5213] whom[G5101] ye shall fear[G5399]: Fear[G5399] him[G3588], who after[G3326] he hath killed[G615] hath[G2192] power[G1849] to cast[G1685] into[G1519] hell[G1067]; yea[G3483], I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], Fear[G5399] him[G5126].
6. Are[G4453] not[G3780] five[G4002] sparrows[G4765] sold[G4453] for[G787] two[G1417] pence[G787]? and[G2532] not[G3756] one[G1520] of[G1537] them[G846] is[G2076] forgotten[G1950] in the sight[G1799] of God[G2316].
7. But[G235, 2532] the[G2359] very hairs[G2359] of[G2776] your[G5216] head[G2776] are[G705] all[G3956] numbered[G705]. Fear[G5399] not[G3361]: [G3767] ye are of more value[G1308] than[G4765] many[G4183] sparrows[G4765].
8. And[G1161] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], Every[G3739] one[G302] who shall confess[G3670, 1722] me[G1698] before[G1715] men[G1722], him[G846] shall[G3670] the Son[G5207] of man[G444] also[G2532] confess[G3670] before[G1715] the angels[G32] of God[G2316]:
9. but[G1161] he that denieth[G720] me[G3165] in the presence[G1799] of men[G444] shall be denied[G533] in the presence[G1799] of the angels[G32] of God[G2316].
10. And[G2532] every[G3956] one[G3739] who shall speak[G2046] a word[G3056] against[G1519] the Son[G5207] of man[G444], it shall be forgiven[G863] him[G846]: but[G1161] unto him that blasphemeth[G987] against[G1519] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151] it shall[G863] not[G3756] be forgiven[G863].
11. And[G1161] when[G3752] they bring[G4374] you[G5209] before[G1909] the synagogues[G4864], and[G2532] the rulers[G746], and[G2532] the authorities[G1849], be[G3309] not[G3361] anxious[G3309] how[G4459] or[G2228] what[G5101] ye shall answer[G626], or[G2228] what[G5101] ye shall say[G2036]:
12. for[G1063] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151] shall teach[G1321] you[G5209] in[G1722] that very[G846] hour[G5610] what[G3739] ye ought[G1163] to say[G2036].
13. And one[G5100] out of[G1537] the multitude[G3793] said[G1161] unto him[G846], Teacher[G1320], bid[G2036, Ruth] my[G3450] brother[G80] divide[G3307] the inheritance[G2817] with[G3326] me[G1700].
14. But he said[G2036] unto him[G846], Man[G444], who[G5101] made[G2525] me[G3165] a judge[G1348] or[G2228] a divider[G3312] over[G1909] you[G5209]?
15. And[G1161] he said[G2036] unto[G4314] them[G846], Take heed[G3708], and[G2532] keep[G5442] yourselves from[G575] all covetousness[G4124]: for[G3754] a man[G5100]'s [G846] life[G2222] consisteth[G2076] not[G3756] in[G1722] the abundance[G4052] of[G1537] the things which[G5224] he[G846] possesseth[G5224].
16. And[G1161] he spake[G2036] a parable[G3850] unto[G4314] them[G846], saying[G3004], The ground[G5561] of a certain[G5100] rich[G4145] man[G444] brought forth plentifully[G2164]:
17. and[G2532] he reasoned[G1260] within[G1722] himself[G1438], saying[G3004], What[G5101] shall I do[G4160], because[G3754] I have[G2192] not[G3756] where[G4226] to bestow[G4863] my[G3450] fruits[G2590]?
18. And[G2532] he said[G2036], This[G5124] will I do[G4160]: I will pull down[G2507] my[G3450] barns[G596], and[G2532] build[G3618] greater[G3173]; and[G2532] there[G1563] will I bestow[G4863] all[G3956] my[G3450] grain[G1081] and[G2532] my[G3450] goods[G18].
19. And[G2532] I will say[G2046] to[G5590] my[G3450] soul[G5590], Soul[G5590], thou hast[G2192] much[G4183] goods[G18] laid up[G2749] for[G1519] many[G4183] years[G2094]; take thine ease[G373], eat[G5315], drink[G4095], be merry[G2165].
20. But[G1161] God[G2316] said[G2036] unto him[G846], Thou foolish[G878] one[G3778], this night[G3571] is thy[G4675] soul[G5590] required[G523] of[G575] thee[G4675]; and[G1161] the things[G3739] which[G3739] thou hast prepared[G2090], whose[G5101] shall[G2071] they be[G2071]?
21. So[G3779] is he that layeth up treasure[G2343] for himself[G1438], and[G2532] is[G4147] not[G3361] rich[G4147] toward[G1519] God[G2316].
22. And[G1161] he said[G2036] unto[G4314] his[G846] disciples[G3101], Therefore[G1223, 5124] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], Be[G3309] not[G3361] anxious[G3309] for[G5590] your[G5216] life[G5590], what[G5101] ye shall eat[G5315]; nor[G3366] yet for your body[G4983], what[G5101] ye shall put on[G1746].
23. For the life[G5590] is[G2076] more[G4119] than the food[G5160], and[G2532] the body[G4983] than the raiment[G1742].
24. Consider[G2657] the ravens[G2876], that[G3754] they[G4687] sow[G4687] not[G3756], neither[G3756] reap[G2325]; which[G3739] have[G2076] no[G3756] store-chamber[G5009] nor[G3761] barn[G596]; and[G2532] God[G2316] feedeth[G5142] them[G846]: of how much[G4214] more[G3123] value[G1308] are[G1308] ye[G5210] than the birds[G4071]!
25. And[G1161] which[G5101] of[G1537] you[G5216] by being anxious[G3308, Ezekiel9] can[G1410] add[G4369] a[G1520] cubit[G4083] unto[G1909] the measure[G2244] of his life[G846]?
26. If[G1487] then[G3767] ye[G1410] are not[G3777] able to do[G1410] even that which is least[G1646], why[G5101] are ye anxious[G3309] concerning[G4012] the rest[G3062]?
27. Consider[G2657] the lilies[G2918], how[G4459] they grow[G837]: they toil[G2872] not[G3756], neither[G3761] do they spin[G3514]; yet[G1161] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], Even[G3004] Solomon[G4672] in[G1722] all[G3956] his[G846] glory[G1391] was[G4016] not[G3761] arrayed[G4016] like[G5613] one[G1520] of these[G5130].
28. But[G1161] if[G1487] God[G2316] doth so[G3779] clothe[G294] the grass[G5528] in[G1722] the field[G68], which to-day[G4594] is[G5607], and[G2532] to-morrow[G839] is cast[G906] into[G1519] the oven[G2823]; how much[G4214] more[G3123] shall he clothe you[G5209], O ye of little faith[G3640]?
29. And[G2532] seek[G2212] not[G3361] ye[G5210] what[G5101] ye shall eat[G5315], and[G2228] what[G5101] ye shall drink[G2532], neither[G3361] be ye of doubtful mind[G3349].
30. For[G1063] all[G3956] these things[G5023] do[G1934] the nations[G1484] of the world[G2889] seek after[G1934]: but[G1161] your[G5216] Father[G3962] knoweth[G1492] that[G3754] ye have need[G5535] of these things[G5130].
31. Yet[G4133] seek ye[G2212] his[G2316] kingdom[G932], and[G2532] these[G3956] things[G5023] shall be added[G4369] unto you[G5213].
32. Fear[G5399] not[G3361], little[G3398] flock[G4168]; for[G3754] it is[G2106] your[G5216] Father[G3962]'s good pleasure[G2106] to give[G1325] you[G5213] the kingdom[G932].
33. Sell[G4453] that[G5224] which ye[G5216] have[G5224], and[G2532] give[G1325] alms[G1654]; make[G4160] for yourselves[G1438] purses[G905] which wax[G3822] not[G3361] old[G3822], a treasure[G2344] in[G1722] the heavens[G3772] that faileth not[G413], where[G3699] no[G3756] thief[G2812] draweth near[G1448], neither[G3761] moth[G4597] destroyeth[G1311].
34. For[G1063] where[G3699] your[G5216] treasure[G2344] is[G2076], there[G1563] will[G2071] your[G5216] heart[G2588] be[G2071] also[G2532].
35. Let[G2077] your[G5216] loins[G3751] be[G2077] girded about[G4024], and[G2532] your lamps[G3088] burning[G2545];
36. and[G2532] be ye yourselves[G5210] like[G3664] unto men[G444] looking[G4327] for[G2962] their[G1438] lord[G2962], when[G4219] he shall return[G360] from[G1537] the marriage[G1062] feast[G2443]; that, when he cometh[G2064] and[G2532] knocketh[G2925], they may straightway[G2112] open[G455] unto him[G846].
37. Blessed[G3107] are those[G1565] servants[G1401], whom[G3739] the lord[G2962] when he cometh[G2064] shall find[G2147] watching[G1127]: verily[G281] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], that[G3754] he shall gird himself[G4024], and[G2532] make[G347] them[G846] sit down to meat[G347], and[G2532] shall come[G3928] and serve[G1247] them[G846].
38. And[G2532] if[G1437] he shall come[G2064] in[G1722] the[G5438] second[G1208] watch[G5438], and[G2532] if[G2064] in[G1722] the[G5438] third[G5154], [G5438] and[G2532] find[G2147] them so[G3779], blessed[G3107] are[G1526] those[G1565] servants[G1401].
39. But[G1161] know[G1097] this[G5124], that[G3754] if[G1487] the master of the house[G3617] had known[G1492] in what[G4169] hour[G5610] the thief[G2812] was coming[G2064], he would have watched[G302], and[G2532] not[G3756] have[G302] left[G863] his[G846] house[G3624] to be broken through[G1358].
40. Be[G1096] ye[G5210, 3767] also[G2532] ready[G2092]: for[G3754] in an hour[G5610] that[G3739] ye think[G1380] not[G3756] the Son[G5207] of man[G444] cometh[G2064].
41. And[G1161] Peter[G4074] said[G2036], Lord[G2962], speakest thou[G3004] this[G3778] parable[G3850] unto[G4314] us[G2248], or[G2228] even[G2532] unto[G4314] all[G3956]?
42. And[G1161] the Lord[G2962] said[G2036], Who[G5101] then[G687] is[G2076] the[G3623] faithful[G4103] and[G2532] wise[G5429] steward[G3623], whom[G3739] his lord[G2962] shall set[G2525] over[G1909] his[G846] household[G2322], to give[G1325] them their portion of food[G4620] in[G1722] due season[G2540]?
43. Blessed[G3107] is that[G1565] servant[G1401], whom[G3739] his[G846] lord[G2962] when he cometh[G2064] shall find[G2147] so[G3779] doing[G4160].
44. Of a truth[G230] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], that[G3754] he will set[G2525] him[G846, 2525] over[G1909] all[G3956] that[G5224] he[G846] hath[G5224].
45. But[G1161] if[G1437] that[G1565] servant[G1401] shall say[G2036] in[G1722] his[G846] heart[G2588], My[G3450] lord[G2962] delayeth[G5549] his coming[G2064]; and[G2532] shall begin[G756] to beat[G5180] the menservants[G3816] and[G2532] the maidservants[G3814], and[G5037] to eat[G2068] and[G2532] drink[G4095], and[G2532] to be drunken[G3182];
46. the lord[G2962] of[G1401] that[G1565] servant[G1401] shall come[G2240] in[G1722] a day[G2250] when[G3739] he expecteth[G4328] not[G3756], [G4328] and[G2532] in[G1722] an hour[G5610] when[G3739] he[G1097] knoweth[G1097] not[G3756], and[G2532] shall cut[G1371] him[G846] asunder[G1371], and[G2532] appoint[G5087] his[G846] portion[G3313] with[G3326] the unfaithful[G571].
47. And[G1161] that[G1565] servant[G1401], who knew[G1097] his[G1438] lord[G2962]'s will[G2307], and[G2532] made[G2090] not[G3361] ready[G3366], nor did[G4160] according to[G4314] his[G846] will[G2307], shall be beaten[G1194] with many stripes[G4183];
48. but[G1161] he that knew[G1097] not[G3361], and[G1161] did[G4160] things worthy[G514] of stripes[G4127], shall be beaten[G1194] with few[G3641] stripes[G1161]. And to whomsoever[G3956, 3739] much[G4183] is given[G1325], of[G3844] him[G846] shall much[G4183] be[G2212] required[G2212]: and[G2532] to whom[G3739] they commit[G3908] much[G4183], of him[G846] will they ask[G154] the more[G4053].
49. I came[G2064] to cast[G906] fire[G4442] upon[G1519] the earth[G1093]; and[G2532] what[G5101] do I[G2309] desire[G1487], if it is[G381] already[G2235] kindled[G381]?
50. But[G1161] I have[G2192] a baptism[G908] to be baptized with[G907]; and[G2532] how[G4459] am I straitened[G4912] till[G2193] it[G3739] be accomplished[G5055]!
51. Think ye[G1380] that[G3754] I am come[G3854] to give[G1325] peace[G1515] in[G1722] the earth[G1093]? I tell[G3004] you[G5213], Nay[G3780]; but[G235] rather[G2228] division[G1267]:
52. for[G1063] there shall be[G2071] from[G575] henceforth[G3568] five[G4002] in[G1722] one[G1520] house[G3624] divided[G1266], three[G5140] against[G1909] two[G1417], and[G2532] two[G1417] against[G1909] three[G5140].
53. They shall be divided[G1266], father[G3962] against[G1909] son[G5207], and[G2532] son[G5207] against[G1909] father[G3962]; mother[G3384] against[G1909] daughter[G2364], and[G2532] daughter[G2364] against[G1909] her mother[G3384]; mother in law[G3565] against[G1909] her[G846] daughter in law[G3994], and[G2532] daughter in law[G3565] against[G1909] her[G846] mother in law[G3565].
54. And[G1161] he said[G3004] to the multitudes[G3793] also[G2532], When[G3752] ye see[G1492] a cloud[G3507] rising[G393] in[G575] the west[G1424], straightway[G2112] ye say[G3004], There cometh[G2064] a shower[G3655]; and[G2532] so[G3779] it cometh to pass[G1096].
55. And[G2532] when[G3752] ye see a south wind[G3558] blowing[G4154], ye say[G3754], There will be[G2071] a scorching heat[G2742]; and[G2532] it cometh to pass[G1096].
56. Ye hypocrites[G5273], ye know how[G1492] to interpret[G1381] the face[G4383] of the earth[G1093] and[G2532] the heaven[G3772]; but[G1161] how is it that[G4459] ye know not[G3756] how[G1381] to interpret[G1381] this[G5126] time[G2540]?
57. And[G1161] why[G5101] even[G2532] of[G575] yourselves[G1438] judge ye[G2919] not[G3756] what is right[G1342]?
58. For[G5613] as[G1063] thou art going[G5217] with[G3326] thine[G4675] adversary[G476] before[G1909] the magistrate[G758], on[G1722] the way[G3598] give[G1325] diligence[G2039] to be quit[G525] of[G575] him[G846]; lest[G3379] haply he drag[G2694] thee[G4571] unto[G4314] the judge[G2923], and[G2532] the judge[G2923] shall deliver[G3860] thee[G4571] to the officer[G4233], and[G2532] the officer[G4233] shall cast[G906] thee[G4571] into[G1519] prison[G5438].
59. I say[G3004] unto thee[G4671], Thou shalt[G1831] by no[G3756] means[G3361] come out[G1831] thence[G1564], till[G2193, 3739] thou have paid[G591] the[G3016] very[G2532] last[G2078] mite[G3016].
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