Thematic Bible
Luke 12:1 (show verse)
MEANTIME myriads of people collecting, so that they trod on one another, he began to speak to his disciples, Take heed principally of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 12:2 (show verse)
For there is nothing concealed, that shall not be laid open; nor hid, which shall not be known.
Luke 12:3 (show verse)
Wherefore whatsoever things ye have spoken in darkness, they shall be reported in the light; and what ye have whispered into the ear in the closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.
Luke 12:4 (show verse)
But I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who may kill the body, but after that, have nothing farther which they can do.
Luke 12:5 (show verse)
But I will point out to you, whom ye should fear: Fear him, who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him!
Luke 12:6 (show verse)
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, yet not one of them is forgotten before God?
Luke 12:7 (show verse)
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered: fear not then, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 12:8 (show verse)
But I tell you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
Luke 12:9 (show verse)
but he that disowns me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.
Luke 12:10 (show verse)
And every one who shall utter a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but for him who hath blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, there shall be no forgiveness.
Luke 12:11 (show verse)
And when they shall bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and the ruling powers, be under no anxiety how or what defence ye shall make, or what ye shall say:
Luke 12:12 (show verse)
for the Holy Ghost will teach you at that very hour what ye ought to say.
Luke 12:13 (show verse)
Then spake one of the multitude to him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
Luke 12:14 (show verse)
But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge and a divider among you?
Luke 12:15 (show verse)
Then said he to them, Beware, and be on your guard against covetousness; for a man's life doth not depend on the abundance of his possessions.
Luke 12:16 (show verse)
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The estate of a certain rich man bore plentifully:
Luke 12:17 (show verse)
and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not room where I may house my crops.
Luke 12:18 (show verse)
And he said, I will do this; I will take down my barns, and build them larger, and collect there all my crops, and my good things!
Luke 12:19 (show verse)
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast a multitude of good things in store for many years, be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry!
Luke 12:20 (show verse)
But God said to him, Thou fool! this night shall they demand thy life from thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Luke 12:21 (show verse)
Just such is every one who heapeth up treasure for self, and is not rich towards God.
Luke 12:22 (show verse)
Then said he to his disciples, For this reason I tell you, Be under no anxiety about your life, what ye shall eat, nor for your body, how ye shall be clothed.
Luke 12:23 (show verse)
The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
Luke 12:24 (show verse)
Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; yet God feedeth them: how much are ye more excellent than the birds?
Luke 12:25 (show verse)
Which of you, with all his anxiety, can add one moment to his life?
Luke 12:26 (show verse)
If therefore ye are unable to do the least thing, why are ye anxious about the others?
Luke 12:27 (show verse)
Observe the lillies how they grow up, they toil not, nor spin; but I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
Luke 12:28 (show verse)
If God then so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is thrown into the furnace; how much more you, O ye of little faith?
Luke 12:29 (show verse)
So then be not ye inquisitive what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor be agitated with restless anxiety.
Luke 12:30 (show verse)
For after all these things are the nations of the world seeking; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Luke 12:31 (show verse)
But seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be given you over.
Luke 12:32 (show verse)
Fear not, little flock! for your Father takes delight in giving you the kingdom.
Luke 12:33 (show verse)
Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.
Luke 12:34 (show verse)
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:35 (show verse)
Let your loins be firmly girded round, and your lamps burning:
Luke 12:36 (show verse)
and ye like men, expecting their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him.
Luke 12:37 (show verse)
Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and wait upon them.
Luke 12:38 (show verse)
And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so watchful, blessed are those servants.
Luke 12:39 (show verse)
Now this be assured of, that if the master of the family had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Luke 12:40 (show verse)
Therefore be ye also ready, for at an hour that ye think not of, the Son of man cometh.
Luke 12:41 (show verse)
Then said Peter unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us, or also for all?
Luke 12:42 (show verse)
And the Lord said, Who indeed is a faithful steward, and prudent, whom the lord will place over his household, to give them their proportion of provision at the proper season?
Luke 12:43 (show verse)
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so employed.
Luke 12:44 (show verse)
Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over all his property.
Luke 12:45 (show verse)
But if that servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get drunk;
Luke 12:46 (show verse)
the master of that servant will come in a day when he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and give him his portion with the unfaithful.
Luke 12:47 (show verse)
And that servant, who knew his master's will, and made no preparation for him, nor did according to his pleasure, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Luke 12:48 (show verse)
But he that knew it not, yet did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For of every one to whom much is given, much shall be required from him: and to whom men commit much, they will of him demand abundantly more.
Luke 12:49 (show verse)
I am come to cast fire on the earth, and what is my wish? that it may be now kindled.
Luke 12:50 (show verse)
But I have a baptism to be baptised with; and how am I distressed in spirit till it is finished!
Luke 12:51 (show verse)
Think ye that I came to bring peace upon earth? No, I tell you; but rather division:
Luke 12:52 (show verse)
for henceforth five shall be in one house, divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luke 12:53 (show verse)
The father shall take part against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the step-mother against her daughter-in-law, and the son's wife against her mother-in-law.
Luke 12:54 (show verse)
Then said he to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye say immediately, There cometh a shower; and it is so.
Luke 12:55 (show verse)
And when the south wind gently blows, ye say, It will be sultry hot; and so it is.
Luke 12:56 (show verse)
Ye hypocrites! ye know how to discern by experience from the appearance of the earth and of the sky; but how is it that ye do not discern this particular time?
Luke 12:57 (show verse)
And why even of yourselves do ye not decide what is just?
Luke 12:58 (show verse)
For as thou art going with thy prosecutor to the magistrate, on the way endeavour to make up the matter with him; lest he drag thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Luke 12:59 (show verse)
I tell thee, thou mayest in no wise come out from thence, until thou hast paid the very last mite.