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 .
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For there is nothing covered ,
that shall not be revealed ;
neither hid ,
that shall not be known .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings ,
and not one of them is forgotten before God ?
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But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered .
Fear not therefore :
ye are of more value than many sparrows .
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Also I say unto you ,
Whosoever shall confess me before men ,
him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God :
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But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God .
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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 .
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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 :
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For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say .
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And one of the company said unto him ,
Master ,
speak to my brother ,
that he divide the inheritance with me .
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And he said unto him ,
Man ,
who made me a judge or a divider over you ?
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And he said unto them ,
Take heed ,
and beware of covetousness :
for a man '
s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth .
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And he spake a parable unto them ,
saying ,
The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully :
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And he thought within himself ,
saying ,
What shall I do ,
because I have no room where to bestow my fruits ?
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And he said ,
This will I do :
I will pull down my barns ,
and build greater ;
and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods .
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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 .
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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 ?
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So is he that layeth up treasure for himself ,
and is not rich toward God .
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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 .
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The life is more than meat ,
and the body is more than raiment .
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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 ?
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And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit ?
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If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least ,
why take ye thought for the rest ?
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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 .
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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 ?
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And seek not ye what ye shall eat ,
or what ye shall drink ,
neither be ye of doubtful mind .
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For all these things do the nations of the world seek after :
and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things .
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But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ;
and all these things shall be added unto you .
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Fear not ,
little flock ;
for it is your Father '
s good pleasure to give you the kingdom .
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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 .
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For where your treasure is ,
there will your heart be also .
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Let your loins be girded about ,
and your lights burning ;
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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 .
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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 .
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And if he shall come in the second watch ,
or come in the third watch ,
and find them so ,
blessed are those servants .
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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 .
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Be ye therefore ready also :
for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not .
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Then Peter said unto him ,
Lord ,
speakest thou this parable unto us ,
or even to all ?
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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 meat in due season ?
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Blessed is that servant ,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing .
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Of a truth I say unto you ,
that he will make him ruler over all that he hath .
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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 ;
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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I am come to send fire on the earth ;
and what will I ,
if it be already kindled ?
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But I have a baptism to be baptized with ;
and how am I straitened till it be accomplished !
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Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth ?
I tell you ,
Nay ;
but rather division :
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For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided ,
three against two ,
and two against three .
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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 .
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And he said also to the people ,
When ye see a cloud rise out of the west ,
straightway ye say ,
There cometh a shower ;
and so it is .
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And when ye see the south wind blow ,
ye say ,
There will be heat ;
and it cometh to pass .
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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 ?
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Yea ,
and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right ?
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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 .
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I tell thee ,
thou shalt not depart thence ,
till thou hast paid the very last mite .