Thematic Bible




Luke 12:1 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:2 (show verse)

But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

Luke 12:3 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:4 (show verse)

"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.

Luke 12:5 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:6 (show verse)

"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:7 (show verse)

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke 12:8 (show verse)

"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

Luke 12:9 (show verse)

but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

Luke 12:10 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:11 (show verse)

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;

Luke 12:12 (show verse)

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."

Luke 12:13 (show verse)

One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Luke 12:14 (show verse)

But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

Luke 12:15 (show verse)

He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

Luke 12:16 (show verse)

He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

Luke 12:17 (show verse)

He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

Luke 12:18 (show verse)

He said, '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.

Luke 12:19 (show verse)

I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
Accumulation of wealth » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Alertness » What to be aware of
Carnal security » Poverty
Common delusions » Trusting in riches
Covetousness » Covetous people
Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool
Earthly » Refused for obedience » Uprightness
Fool » Parables of » Of the rich fool
Gluttony » Leads to » Carnal security
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The rich fool
Parables » Parables of Christ » Rich fool
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption
Presuming upon time » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
Prosperity » Perils of » Examples of the evil effects of
Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
earthly Riches » Gift of God
Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » Poverty
Self-delusion » Prosperity frequently leads to
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure
earthly Treasures » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Trust in riches » The folly of
Wealth » Accumulation of » Select readings
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of

Luke 12:20 (show verse)

"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?'
Accountability » Accountability connected with stewardship
Accumulation of wealth » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Alertness » What to be aware of
Business » Cares » Presumption
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
Care » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
Covetousness » Covetous people
Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Requiring the soul
Death of the The Wicked » Illustrated
natural Death » Described as » God requiring the soul
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Earthly » Refused for obedience » Uprightness
Fool » Parables of » Of the rich fool
Fools » Characteristics of » Hypocrisy
Fools » Depend upon their wealth
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is uncertain
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
Immortality » Of the soul
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The rich fool
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Possessed of » A soul
Man's » Immortality » Of the soul
Parables » Parables of Christ » Rich fool
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Often sudden and unexpected
Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
earthly Riches » Gift of God
Self-delusion » Fatal consequences of
Self-delusion » Fatal » consequences of
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
Soul » Immortal
Stewardship » Truths to be remembered in relation to » Accountability connected with stewardship
the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure
earthly Treasures » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Trust in riches » The folly of
Wealth » Accumulation of » Select readings
The wicked » Death of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of

Luke 12:21 (show verse)

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Luke 12:22 (show verse)

He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Luke 12:23 (show verse)

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Luke 12:24 (show verse)

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!

Luke 12:25 (show verse)

Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

Luke 12:26 (show verse)

If then you aren't able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

Luke 12:27 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:28 (show verse)

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?

Luke 12:29 (show verse)

Don't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Luke 12:30 (show verse)

For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

Luke 12:31 (show verse)

But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

Luke 12:32 (show verse)

Don't be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

Luke 12:33 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:34 (show verse)

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 12:35 (show verse)

"Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

Luke 12:36 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:37 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:38 (show verse)

They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

Luke 12:39 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:40 (show verse)

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

Luke 12:41 (show verse)

Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"

Luke 12:42 (show verse)

The Lord said, "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?

Luke 12:43 (show verse)

Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

Luke 12:44 (show verse)

Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

Luke 12:45 (show verse)

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,

Luke 12:46 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:47 (show verse)

That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

Luke 12:48 (show verse)

but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

Luke 12:49 (show verse)

"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

Luke 12:50 (show verse)

But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

Luke 12:51 (show verse)

Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

Luke 12:52 (show verse)

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Luke 12:53 (show verse)

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."

Luke 12:54 (show verse)

He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

Luke 12:55 (show verse)

When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.

Luke 12:56 (show verse)

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?

Luke 12:57 (show verse)

Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

Luke 12:58 (show verse)

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.

Luke 12:59 (show verse)

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."