# Luke 12

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**Book:** [Luke](/codex/luke-the-evangelist/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.</span> 14. But he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?</span> 15. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.</span> 16. And he spake a parable unto them, <span class="rl-speech">saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?</span> 18. And he said, <span class="rl-speech">This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.</span> 20. But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21. So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22. And he said unto his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">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 sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.</span> 41. And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all? 42. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:</span> 52. <span class="rl-speech">for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.</span> 53. <span class="rl-speech">They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.</span> 54. And he said to the multitudes also, <span class="rl-speech">When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.</span> 59. <span class="rl-speech">I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.</span> (Luke 12:1-59, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins ? Not one of them is forgotten by God.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”</span> 13. One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14. But he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”</span> 15. He said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”</span> 16. He spoke a parable to them, <span class="rl-speech">saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’</span> 18. He said, <span class="rl-speech">‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’</span> 20. “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21. So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” 22. He said to his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">“Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”</span> 41. Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?” 42. The Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">“Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.</span> 45. But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, 46. then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful. 47. That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, 48. but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked. 49. “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled. 50. But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! 51. Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. 52. For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53. They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” 54. He said to the multitudes also, <span class="rl-speech">“When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.</span> 59. <span class="rl-speech">I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny. ”</span> (Luke 12:1-59, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">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:</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.</span> 14. And he said unto him, <span class="rl-speech">Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?</span> 15. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.</span> 16. And he spake a parable unto them, <span class="rl-speech">saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?</span> 18. And he said, <span class="rl-speech">This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 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? <sup>thy: Gr. do they require thy soul</sup> 21. So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22. And he said unto his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">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?</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">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?</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. <sup>neither: or, live not in careful suspense</sup></span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.</span> 41. Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">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?</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">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;</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>cut: or, cut him off</sup></span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! <sup>straitened: or, pained</sup></span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:</span> 52. <span class="rl-speech">For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.</span> 53. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 54. And he said also to the people, <span class="rl-speech">When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">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?</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 59. <span class="rl-speech">I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.</span> (Luke 12:1-59, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. <span class="rl-speech">At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;</span> 2. <span class="rl-speech">and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">'And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">'Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">'And I say to you, Every one, whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">'And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'</span> 13. And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.' 14. And he said to him, <span class="rl-speech">'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'</span> 15. And he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'</span> 16. And he spake a simile unto them, <span class="rl-speech">saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?</span> 18. and he said, <span class="rl-speech">This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.</span> 20. 'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare, to whom shall they be? 21. so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.' 22. And he said unto his disciples, <span class="rl-speech">'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">'Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If, then, ye are not able for the least, why for the rest are ye anxious?</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">'Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you, ye of little faith?</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">'And ye, seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">'Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants.</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">'And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'</span> 41. And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?' 42. And the Lord said, <span class="rl-speech">'Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">'And that servant, who having known his lord'</span>s will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes, 48. and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him. 49. 'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? 50. but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed! 51. 'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; 52. for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three; 53. a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.' 54. And he said also to the multitudes, <span class="rl-speech">'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;</span> 55. <span class="rl-speech">and when, a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;</span> 56. <span class="rl-speech">hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time, how do ye not make proof of [it]?</span> 57. <span class="rl-speech">'And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?</span> 58. <span class="rl-speech">for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;</span> 59. <span class="rl-speech">I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'</span> (Luke 12:1-59, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Demand to Be Witnessed](/codex/argument-from-the-demand-to-be-witnessed/), via [Luke 12.6-7](/codex/luke-12-6-7/)
- [Argument from the Information-Conservation Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-information-conservation-convergence/), via [Luke 12.6-7](/codex/luke-12-6-7/)
- [Argument from the Memory-Continuity Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-memory-continuity-convergence/), via [Luke 12.6](/codex/luke-12-6/), [Luke 12.6-7](/codex/luke-12-6-7/)
- [Atheism Cannot Justify Compassion](/codex/atheism-cannot-justify-compassion/), via [Luke 12.6-7](/codex/luke-12-6-7/)
- [Belief-Choice Objection Defeater](/codex/belief-choice-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 12.48](/codex/luke-12-48/)
- [Inherited Guilt and Visiting Iniquity Objection Defeater](/codex/inherited-guilt-and-visiting-iniquity-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 12.24](/codex/luke-12-24/)
- [OT vs NT God Objection Defeater](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [Pragmatic Argument](/codex/pragmatic-argument/), via [Luke 12.16-21](/codex/luke-12-16-21/)
- [Why Doesnt God Stop Satan Objection Defeater](/codex/why-doesnt-god-stop-satan-objection-defeater/), via [Luke 12.47-48](/codex/luke-12-47-48/)

**Concepts:**

- [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/)
- [Hell and Eternal Punishment](/codex/hell-and-eternal-punishment/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/)
- [Kingdom Business](/codex/kingdom-business/)
- [OT vs NT God Objection](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [Salvation of the Unevangelized](/codex/salvation-of-the-unevangelized/), via [Luke 12.48](/codex/luke-12-48/)
- [Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom](/codex/topheth-and-the-valley-of-hinnom/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/), via [Luke 12.6-7](/codex/luke-12-6-7/)

**People:**

- [James the Brother of Jesus](/codex/james-the-brother-of-jesus/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G0626 - apologeomai](/codex/g0626-apologeomai/), via [Luke 12.11](/codex/luke-12-11/), [Luke 12.11-12](/codex/luke-12-11-12/)
- [G0907 - baptizo](/codex/g0907-baptizo/), via [Luke 12.50](/codex/luke-12-50/)
- [G1067 - geenna](/codex/g1067-geenna/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)
- [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/), via [Luke 12.42-48](/codex/luke-12-42-48/)
- [G3670 - homologeo](/codex/g3670-homologeo/), via [Luke 12.8](/codex/luke-12-8/)
- [G5590 - psyche](/codex/g5590-psyche/), via [Luke 12.19-20](/codex/luke-12-19-20/)
- [G627 - apologia](/codex/g627-apologia/), via [Luke 12.11](/codex/luke-12-11/)
- [H7585 - sheol](/codex/h7585-sheol/), via [Luke 12.5](/codex/luke-12-5/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.