Luke

Luke 12

1Christ teacheth his disciples to avoid hypocrisy, and not to be fearful in publishing his doctrine: 13he refuseth to be judge in a civil cause, and warneth the people to beware of covetousness by the parable of a rich man, who boasted himself in his multiplied stores: 22he exhorteth not to be over anxious about the provisions of this life; but to seek the kingdom of God; 33to lay up treasure in heaven by giving alms; 35and to be always ready for our Lord's coming. 41By the parable of a good and a wicked steward he sheweth the duty of his ministers in particular: 49he foretelleth the divisions on account of the gospel: 54reproveth the people for not discerning the times: 57and sheweth the danger of neglecting the means of reconciliation offered them.

1IN the mean time, ^awhen there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, ^bBeware ye of the ^*leaven of the Pharisees, which is ^chypocrisy.

a Ge. 49.10. ch. 5.1,15; 6.17; 9.11. b Mat. 16.6-12. Mar. 8.15-21. 1Co. 5.7,8. c Mat. 23.28.

2^dFor there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

d Mar. 4.22. Mat. 10.26. Job 12.22. ch. 8.17. Ec. 12.14. 1Co. 4.5. 2Co. 5.10. Ro. 14.12. Re. 20.11,12.

3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in ^*closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

4And I say unto you ^emy friends, ^fBe not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

e Jn. 13.1; 15.9,13-15. Ep. 5.30. f Mat. 10.28-33. Is. 8.12; 51.7-13; 41.10,14. Je. 1.8,17. 1Pe. 3.14. Re. 14.7. Ec. 12.13. Pr. 1.7; 23.17.

5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed ^ghath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

g Ps. 9.17. Mat. 25.41. Re. 1.18. Is. 51.13.

6Are not five ^hsparrows sold for two farthings, and ⁱnot one of them is forgotten before God?

h Mat. 10.29. i Ac. 15.18. Ps. 113.5; 50.10,11; 145.15,16; 147.9.

7But ^jeven the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ^kFear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

j 1Sa. 14.45. 2Sa. 14.11. 1Ki. 1.52. Ac. 27.34. ch. 21.18. 1Pe. 5.7. k Mat. 10.31; 6.26. 1Co. 9.9. Ps. 8.5. Is. 43.1-3; 41.10-16; 51.7,12.

8^lAlso I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before ^mthe angels of God:

l Mat. 10.32. Ro. 10.9,10. 2Ti. 2.12. Ps. 119.46. Ac. 4.19. Re. 2.10; 3.5. 1Sa. 2.30. 1Co. 15.58. m Mat. 25.31.

9ⁿBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

n Mat. 10.33. Mar. 8.38. ch. 9.26. Ac. 3.13,14. Re. 3.8. 1Jn. 2.23. Mat. 7.23; 25.12,31.

10^oAnd whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy ^*Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

o Mat. 12.31,32. Mar. 3.28,29. 1Ti. 1.13,15. He. 7.25. 1Jn. 1.9. Eze. 33.11. ch. 23.34. Ac. 5.31. 1Jn. 5.16. He. 6.4-8; 10.26-31. 1Sa. 2.25.

11^pAnd when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, ^qtake ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

p Mat. 10.19. Mar. 13.11. ch. 21.14,15. Ac. 4-25. q Mat. 6.34. Phi. 4.6. 1Pe. 5.7.

12^rFor the Holy ^*Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

r Ac. 6.10; 26. Ps. 46.1. Ge. 22.14. Ex. 4.12,15. 2Sa. 23.2. Is. 43.1,2; 41.10; 48.17. Je. 1.7. ch. 21.14.

13¶And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, ^sthat he divide the inheritance with me.

s Eze. 33.31. Ps. 17.14. Phi. 3.19. Jn. 6.26. 1Ti. 6.5,9,10.

14And he said unto him, Man, ^twho made me a judge or a divider over you?

t Ex. 2.14. Jn. 18.36.

15And he said unto them, ^uTake heed, and beware of covetousness: ^vfor a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

u ch. 21.34; 8.14. 1Co. 5.11. Col. 3.5. 1Ti. 6.6-11,17-19. He. 13.5. Ep. 5.3. 1Th. 2.5. Hab. 2.9. Ps. 119.36,37. Pr. 28.16. v Mat. 6.25. Job 2.4. Ec. 4.6; 5.10,12,13,17,19; 6.2. Pr. 17.1; 15.16,17; 16.16. Ps. 37.16.

16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man ^wbrought forth plentifully:

w Job 12.6. Mat. 5.45. Ac. 14.17. Job 21.7-12. Ps. 73.3-12.

17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

18^xAnd he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

x Ps. 17.14. Phi. 3.19. Ja. 3.15; 4.4,15,16.

19And I will say to my soul, ^ySoul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; ^ztake thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

y Ps. 49.18. Job 14.1. Pr. 27.1. z Ec. 11.9. Is. 22.12,13. 1Co. 15.32. Ja. 5.5.

20^aBut God said unto him, Thou fool, this night ¹thy soul shall be required of thee: ^bthen whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

a Da. 4.31. 1Th. 5.3. Job 21.13. b Job 20.20-23; 27.8. Ps. 39.6; 52.7. Ja. 4.14. Je. 17.11. Ps. 49.7,16,17.

21^cSo is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and ^dis not rich toward God.

c Mat. 6.19,20. v.33. Hab. 2.9. Ho. 10.1. 1Ti. 6.17,18,19. Ja. 2.5. d ch. 6.24.

22¶And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, ^eTake no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

e Mat. 6.25-34. Ps. 55.22. 1Co. 7.32. Phi. 4.6. 1Pe. 5.7. 1Ti. 6.8. He. 13.5.

23^fThe life is more than ^*meat, and the body is more than ^*raiment.

f Job 2.4,6; 1.12. Pr. 13.8; 6.26.

24^gConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

g Mat. 6.26. Job 38.41. Ps. 104.27,28; 145.15,16; 147.9.

25^hAnd which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

h Mat. 6.27. Ps. 75.6. Ec. 9.11.

26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that ⁱSolomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

i 1Ki. 4; 9; 10. 2Ch. 1; 8; 9.

28If then God so clothe the grass, ^jwhich is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, ^kO ye of little faith?

j Ps. 129.6; 102.4. Is. 40.6,7. 1Pe. 1.24. k Is. 50.10. Mat. 14.31. Mar. 9.24.

29And ^lseek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, ²neither be ye of doubtful mind.

l v.22. Mat. 6.25,31. Phi. 4.6. 1Pe. 5.7. Ps. 55.22.

30^mFor all these things do the nations of the world seek after: ⁿand your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

m Ps. 4.6; 17.14. Phi. 3.19. Ro. 8.5. Mat. 5.46,47; 6.32. n 2Ch. 16.9. Ps. 23.1. Phi. 4.19.

31¶^oBut rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

o Mat. 6.33. Jn. 6.27. 1Ti. 4.8. 1Ki. 3.11-13. Ps. 34.9,10; 37.8,19,25,29; 84.11. ch. 10.42. 1Co. 3.22. Is. 33.16. Ro. 8.31,32.

32^pFear not, ^qlittle flock; for ^rit is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

p Is. 35.3,4; 41.10,14; 43.1,2. Re. 1.17. q Mat. 7.14; 20.16; 22.14. Is. 40.11. Jn. 10.27,28; 21.15-17. Eze. 34.31. Zec. 13.7. r Mat. 7.11; 25.34. Ep. 1.3-7. Je. 3.19. Jn. 18.36. Ja. 2.5. Re. 1.6; 22.5. He. 12.28. 2Pe. 1.11. Ro. 6.23. Mat. 11.25,26.

33^sSell that ye have, and give alms; ^tprovide yourselves bags which wax not old, ^ua treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

s Mat. 19.21. Ac. 2.45; 4.34. 2Co. 8.2. ch. 11.41; 16.9. t Mat. 6.19-21. ch. 16.9; 18.22. 1Ti. 6.17-19. u v.21.

34^vFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

v Mat. 6.21. Col. 3.1-3. Phi. 3.20. 2Co. 4.18.

35^wLet your loins be ^*girded about, and your lights burning;

w Ep. 6.14. 1Pe. 1.13. Mat. 5.16; 25.1,7,8,13. Pr. 4.18; 21.18.

36^xAnd ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from ^ythe wedding; that when ^zhe cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

x Ge. 49.18. Ps. 62.1,5; 130.5,6; 123.2. y Mat. 22.1-13; 25.1-12. z Mat. 24.42-45. Ca. 5.2. Re. 3.20. Ps. 24.7,9.

37^aBlessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find ^bwatching: ^*verily I say unto you, that he shall ^c*gird himself, and ^dmake them to sit down to ^*meat, and will come forth and serve them.

a Mat. 24.46-51. Re. 16.15. La. 3.25,26. 2Ti. 4.7,8. b Mat. 24.42. c Jn. 13.4. d ch. 22.27.

38And if he shall come in ^ethe ^*second watch, or come in the ^*third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

e Ex. 14.24.

39^fAnd this know, that if the ^*goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

f Mat. 24.43. 1Th. 5.2,3. Re. 16.15; 3.3. 2Pe. 3.10.

40^gBe ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

g Mat. 24.42,44; 25.10,13. Ro. 13.11. 1Co. 16.13. 1Th. 5.6. 1Pe. 5.8. Mar. 13.33-37. ch. 21.34-36. 2Pe. 3.12. Re. 16.15; 21.2; 19.7.

41¶Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable ^hunto us, or even to all?

h Mar. 13.37; 14.34,38.

42And the Lord said, ⁱWho then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of ^*meat in due season?

i Mat. 24.45; 25.21,23. ch. 16.1; 19.17,19. 1Co. 4.2. Jn. 21.15-17. Ac. 20.28. Ga. 6.10. Ep. 4.11-13. He. 3.5; 13.17. 2Ti. 2.2.

43^jBlessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

j Re. 16.15. 2Ti. 4.7,8. v.37.

44Of a truth I say unto you, that he ^kwill make him ruler over all that he hath.

k v.42. ch. 19.17,19; 22.29,30. 1Pe. 5.4. Da. 12.2,3.

45But ^land if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin ^mto beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

l Mat. 24.48. 2Pe. 2.3,4. Eze. 12.22-28. m Mat. 22.6. Is. 65.5. 3Jn. 9,10. 2Co. 11.20. Ga. 4.17,18. Phi. 3.18,19.

46ⁿThe lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him , and at an hour when he is not aware, and ^owill ³cut him ^*in sunder, and ^pwill appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

n Mat. 24.42,44,50,51. 1Th. 5.2,3. Re. 16.15. Jn. 5.28,29. o Ps. 37.9; 94.14. p Job 20.29. Ps. 11.6. Mat. 7.22,23; 8.11,12; 13.42,50.

47^qAnd that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself , neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

q Mat. 11.21-24. ch. 10.12-15. Jn. 9.41; 15.22. Ac. 17.30. Ja. 4.17. Nu. 15.30. De. 25.2. Le. 5.17. 1Ti. 1.13; 6.20.

48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. ^rFor unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

r Mat. 25.15,29.

49¶^sI am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

s v.51-53. Mat. 3.11; 10.34-36; 16.24,25; 24.9,10.

50But ^tI have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I ^4*straitened till it be accomplished!

t Mat. 20.22; 16.21; 17.22,23; 20.18,19,28; 21.39; 26; 27. Jn. 18; 19. ch. 22; 23. Mar. 10.38.

51^uSuppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

u Mat. 10.34-36,21. Mi. 7.5,6. Je. 9.4. Ac. 13.44,45; 28.24. Ps. 41.9; 55.13,14. Jn. 13.18; 15.18,19; 16.2. 2Co. 11.26. Ac. 4-25. Jn. 9.16; 10.19.

52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

53The father shall be divided against the son, and ^vthe son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

v Mi. 7.6.

54¶And he said also to the people, ^wWhen ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

w Mat. 16.2,3. Job 36.27-33. 1Ki. 18.44.

55And ^xwhen ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

x Job 37.17.

56^yYe hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern ^zthis time?

y Mat. 16.3. Ro. 1.21,22. 1Co. 1.19-24,26,27. Mat. 11.25; 24.32. Jn. 4.35. z Ga. 4.4. ch. 19.42,44. Is. 63.4; 61.2. Da. 9.24-26. Mal. 3.1; 4.2. Hag. 2.7. ch. 19.42,44.

57^aYea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

a 1Co. 11.14. De. 4.29; 32.29. Ps. 94.8.

58¶^bWhen thou goest with thine ^*adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he ^*hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

b Mat. 5.23-26. Ge. 32.3-20. 1Sa. 25.28. Pr. 25.8,9. Ps. 32.6. 2Co. 6.2. He. 3.7-13. ch. 14.31,32. Is. 55.6. Job 22.21. Jn. 5.22.

59I tell thee, ^cthou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the ^dvery last mite.

c Mat. 5.26. Pr. 25.8. Mat. 25.41,46. 2Th. 1.9. d Mar. 12.42.