Luke:12

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* 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 . * For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed , neither hid that shall not be known . * Therefore whatever 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 . * And I say unto you my friends , Be not afraid of those that kill the body and , after that , have no more that they can do . * But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him , who , after being killed , has power to cast into hell ; yea , I say unto you , Fear him . * Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings , and not one of them is forgotten before God ? * But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered . Fear not , therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows . * Also I say unto you , Whosoever shall confess me before men , him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God ; * but he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God . * And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man , there is forgiveness for him ; but unto him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit , it shall not be forgiven . * 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 ; * for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say . * And one of the crowd said unto him , Master , speak to my brother , that he divide the inheritance with me . * And he said unto him , Man , who made me a judge or a divider over you ? * And he said unto them , Take heed and beware of [all ] covetousness ; for a man 's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses . * And he spoke a parable unto them , saying , The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully ; * and he thought within himself , saying , What shall I do because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ? * And he said , This will I do : I will pull down my storehouses and build greater , and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods . * And I will say to my soul , Soul , thou hast many goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease , eat , drink , [and ] be merry . * 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 stored up ? * So [is ] he that lays up treasure for himself and is not rich in God . * 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 . * The life is more than food , and the body [is more ] than raiment . * Consider the ravens , for they neither sow nor reap , which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feeds them : how much more are ye better than the fowls ? * And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit ? * If ye then are not able to do that thing which is least , why take ye thought for the rest ? * 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 . * If then God so clothes the grass , which is today in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven , how much more [will he clothe ] you , O ye of little faith ? * And seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink , neither be ye high minded . * For all these things do the Gentiles of the world seek after , and your Father knows that ye have need of these things . * But rather seek ye the kingdom of God , and all these things shall be added unto you . * Fear not , little flock , for it is your Father 's good pleasure to give you the kingdom . * Sell what ye have and give alms ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old , a treasure in the heavens that fails not , where no thief approaches neither moth corrupts . * For where your treasure is , there will your heart be also . * Let your loins be girded about and [your ] lamps burning , * and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord , when he will return from the wedding ; that when he comes and knocks , they may open unto him immediately . * Blessed [are ] those servants , whom the lord when he comes shall find watching ; verily I say unto you that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to food and will come forth and serve them . * And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find [them ] so , blessed are those servants . * And know this : that if the husband 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 . * Be ye therefore ready also ; for the Son of man comes at an hour when ye think not . * Then Peter said unto him , Lord , speakest thou this parable unto us or even to all ? * 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 food in due season ? * Blessed [is ] that servant whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing . * Of a truth I say unto you that he will make him ruler over all that he has . * But and if that servant [shall ] say in his heart , My lord delays his coming , and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens and to eat and drink and to be drunken , * the lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not look for [him ] and at an hour when he is not aware and will cut him off and will appoint him his portion with the unfaithful . * And that servant who knew his lord 's will and prepared not [himself ], neither did according to his will , shall be beaten with many [stripes ]. * 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 much be required ; and to whom much was committed , more will be asked of him . * I am come to cast fire into the earth ; and what do I desire , except that it be kindled ? * But I have a baptism to be baptized with , and how I am anguished until it is accomplished ! * Think ye that I am come to the earth to give peace ? No , I tell you , but rather division ; * for from now on there shall be five in one house divided : three against two and two against three . * 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 . * And he said also to the people , When ye see the cloud rising out of the west , straightway ye say , A shower comes , and so it is . * And when the south wind blows , ye say , There will be heat , and it comes to pass . * [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 ? * Yea , and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right ? * When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate , [as thou art ] in the way , give diligence that thou may be delivered from him , lest he drag thee away to the judge , and the judge deliver thee to the officer , and the officer cast thee into prison . * I tell thee , in no wise shalt thou come out of there until thou hast paid the very last mite .:

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