Luke 12

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Meanwhile the people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. Andhe began to speak, first of al to his disciples. 'Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees -- theirhypocrisy.	1 In the mean time, when 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, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden wil be made clear.	2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you havewhispered in hidden places wil be proclaimed from the housetops.	3 Therefore 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.
4 'To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kil the body and after that can do no more.	4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 I wil tel you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has kil ed, has the power to cast into hel . Yes, I telyou, he is the one to fear.	5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God's sight.	6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth morethan many sparrows.	7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 'I tel you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, the Son of manwil declare himself for him in the presence of God's angels.	8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But anyone who disowns me in the presence of human beings wil be disowned in the presence ofGod's angels.	9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 'Everyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but no one who blasphemesagainst the Holy Spirit wil be forgiven.	10 And 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.
11 'When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how todefend yourselves or what to say,	11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit wil teach you what you should say.'	12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 A man in the crowd said to him, 'Master, tel my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.'	13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 He said to him, 'My friend, who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?'	14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 Then he said to them, 'Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does notconsist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.'	15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 Then he told them a parable, 'There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from hisland,	16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 thought to himself, "What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops."	17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 Then he said, "This is what I will do: I wil pul down my barns and build bigger ones, and store al mygrain and my goods in them,	18 And 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.
19 and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come;take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time."	19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said to him, "Fool! This very night the demand wil be made for your soul; and this hoard ofyours, whose wil it be then?"	20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So it is when someone stores up treasure for himself instead of becoming rich in the sight of God.'	21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 Then he said to his disciples, 'That is why I am tel ing you not to worry about your life and what youare to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it.	22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.	23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Think of the ravens. They do not sow or reap; they have no storehouses and no barns; yet God feedsthem. And how much more you are worth than the birds!	24 Consider 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?
25 Can any of you, however much you worry, add a single cubit to your span of life?	25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If a very smal thing is beyond your powers, why worry about the rest?	26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 Think how the flowers grow; they never have to spin or weave; yet, I assure you, not even Solomon inal his royal robes was clothed like one of them.	27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 Now if that is how God clothes a flower which is growing wild today and is thrown into the furnacetomorrow, how much more wil he look after you, who have so little faith!	28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 But you must not set your hearts on things to eat and things to drink; nor must you worry.	29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 It is the gentiles of this world who set their hearts on al these things. Your Father wel knows youneed them.	30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 No; set your hearts on his kingdom, and these other things will be given you as well.	31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 'There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.	32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 'Sel your possessions and give to those in need. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out,treasure that wil not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it.	33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart wil be too.	34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 'See that you have your belts done up and your lamps lit.	35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 Be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door assoon as he comes and knocks.	36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. In truth I tel you, he wil do uphis belt, sit them down at table and wait on them.	37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 It may be in the second watch that he comes, or in the third, but blessed are those servants if he findsthem ready.	38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time the burglar wouldcome, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house.	39 And 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.
40 You too must stand ready, because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.'	40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Peter said, 'Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?'	41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 The Lord replied, 'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy steward whom the master wil place over hishousehold to give them at the proper time their al owance of food?	42 And the Lord said, Who 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?
43 Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.	43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 I tel you truly, he wil put him in charge of everything that he owns.	44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But if the servant says to himself, "My master is taking his time coming," and sets about beating themenservants and the servant-girls, and eating and drinking and getting drunk,	45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 his master wil come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The master willcut him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful.	46 The 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 will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 'The servant who knows what his master wants, but has got nothing ready and done nothing inaccord with those wishes, wil be given a great many strokes of the lash.	47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 The one who did not know, but has acted in such a way that he deserves a beating, will be givenfewer strokes. When someone is given a great deal, a great deal wil be demanded of that person; whensomeone is entrusted with a great deal, of that person even more will be expected.	48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For 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.
49 'I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!	49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?
50 There is a baptism I must stil receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!	50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 'Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tel you, but rather division.	51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from now on, a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three;	52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 father opposed to son, son to father, mother to daughter, daughter to mother, mother-in-law todaughter-in-law, daughter-in-law to mother-in-law.'	53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the 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.
54 He said again to the crowds, 'When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rainis coming, and so it does.	54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when the wind is from the south you say it's going to be hot, and it is.	55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the sky. How is it you do not knowhow to interpret these times?	56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 'Why not judge for yourselves what is upright?	57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 For example: when you are going to court with your opponent, make an effort to settle with him on theway, or he may drag you before the judge and the judge hand you over to the officer and the officer have youthrown into prison.	58 When 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.
59 I tel you, you wil not get out til you have paid the very last penny.'	59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.