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Themes in Luke 12
Moffatt

Themes in Luke 12

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile as the crowd was gathering in its thousands till they trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy,

Luke 12:2

Nothing is hidden that shall not be revealed, or concealed that shall not be made known.

Luke 12:3

So all you utter in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you whisper in chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops,

Luke 12:4

I tell you, my friends, have no fear of those who kill the body but after that can do no more;

Luke 12:5

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

Luke 12:6

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:7

But the very hairs on your head are all numbered; fear not, you are worth far more than sparrows.

Luke 12:8

I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of man will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

Luke 12:9

and he who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.

Luke 12:10

Everyone also who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven for it, but he who blasphemes against the holy Spirit will never be forgiven.

Luke 12:11

When they bring you before synagogues and the magistrates and authorities, do not trouble yourselves about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

Luke 12:12

for the holy Spirit will teach you at that hour what you should say."

Luke 12:13

A man out of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance";

Luke 12:14

but he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over your affairs?"

Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."

Luke 12:16

And he told them a parable. "A rich man's estate bore heavy crops.

Luke 12:17

So he debated, 'What am I to do? I have no room to store my crops.'

Luke 12:18

And he said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my granaries and build larger ones, where I can store all my produce and my goods.

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample stores laid up for many a year; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Foolish man, this very night your soul is wanted; and who will get all you have prepared?'

Luke 12:21

So fares the man who lays up treasure for himself instead of gaining the riches of God."

Luke 12:22

To his disciples he said, "Therefore I tell you, do not trouble about what you are to eat in life, nor about what you are to put on your body;

Luke 12:23

life is something more than food, and the body is something more than clothes.

Luke 12:24

Look at the crows! they neither sow nor reap, no storehouse or granary have they, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than birds?

Luke 12:25

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

Luke 12:26

and if you cannot manage even this, why trouble over other things?

Luke 12:27

Look how the lilies neither spin nor weave; and yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his grandeur was never robed like one of them.

Luke 12:28

Now if God so clothes grass which blooms to-day in the field and is thrown to-morrow into the furnace, will he not much more clothe you? O men, how little you trust him!

Luke 12:29

So do not seek food and drink and be worried;

Luke 12:30

pagans make food and drink their aim in life, but your Father knows quite well you need that;

Luke 12:31

only seek his Realm, and it will be yours over and above.

Luke 12:32

Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy.

Luke 12:34

For where your treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.

Luke 12:35

Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit,

Luke 12:36

and be like men who are expecting their lord and master on his return from a marriage-banquet, so as to open the door for him at once when he comes and knocks.

Luke 12:37

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

Luke 12:38

Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!

Luke 12:39

Be sure that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Luke 12:40

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Luke 12:41

Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us, or is it for all and sundry?"

Luke 12:42

The Lord said, "Well, where is the trusty, thoughtful steward whom the lord and master will set over his establishment to give out supplies at the proper time?

Luke 12:43

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

Luke 12:44

I tell you plainly, he will set him over all his property.

Luke 12:45

But if that servant says to himself, 'My lord and master is long of arriving,' and if he starts to beat the menservants and maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 12:46

that servant's lord and master will arrive on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know; he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of unbelievers.

Luke 12:47

The servant who knew his lord and master's orders and did not prepare for them, will receive many lashes;

Luke 12:48

whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.

Luke 12:49

I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already!

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over!

Luke 12:51

You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension.

Luke 12:52

After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three,

Luke 12:53

father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Luke 12:54

And to the crowds he said, "When you see a cloud rise in the west, you say, 'There is a shower coming,' and so it is:

Luke 12:55

when you feel the south wind blow, you say, 'There will be heat,' and so it is.

Luke 12:56

You hypocrites, you know how to decipher the look of earth and sky; how is it you cannot decipher the meaning of this era?

Luke 12:57

And why do you not yourselves settle what is right?

Luke 12:58

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

Luke 12:59

I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last farthing of your debt."
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