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路加福音 12
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
路加福音 12
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
警戒假冒為善(A)
12 這時，有幾萬人聚集，甚至彼此踐踏。耶穌就先對門徒說：「你們要防備法利賽人的酵，就是假冒為善。 2 掩蓋的事沒有不顯露出來的，隱藏的事也沒有不被人知道的。 3 因此，你們在暗中所說的，將要在明處被人聽見；在密室附耳所說的，將要在屋頂上被人宣揚。」
不要懼怕(B)
4 「我的朋友，我對你們說，那最多只能殺人身體而不能再做甚麼的，不要怕他們。 5 我提醒你們該怕的是誰：該怕那殺了以後又有權柄把人扔在地獄裏的。是的，我告訴你們，正要怕他。 6 五隻麻雀不是賣二銅錢[a]嗎？但在 神面前，一隻也不被忘記； 7 就是你們的頭髮也都數過了。不要懼怕，你們比許多的麻雀還貴重！」
在人的面前認基督(C)
8 「我又告訴你們，凡在人面前認我的，人子在 神的使者面前也必認他； 9 在人面前不認我的，人子在 神的使者面前也必不認他。 10 凡說話干犯人子的，還可得赦免；但是褻瀆聖靈的，總不得赦免。 11 有人帶你們到會堂、官長和掌權的人面前，不要擔心怎麼答辯，說甚麼話； 12 因為就在那時候，聖靈要指教你們該說的話。」
無知的財主
13 人羣中有一個人對耶穌說：「老師！請你吩咐我的兄弟和我分家產。」 14 耶穌對他說：「你這個人！誰立我作你們的判官，或給你們分家產的呢？」 15 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」 16 然後他用比喻對他們說：「有一個財主，田地出產豐富。 17 他自己心裏想：『我的出產沒有地方儲藏，怎麼辦呢？』 18 就說：『我要這麼辦：要把我的倉庫拆了，另蓋更大的，在那裏好儲藏我一切的糧食和財物， 19 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』 20 神卻對他說：『無知的人哪！今夜就要你的性命，你所預備的要歸誰呢？』 21 凡為自己積財，在 神面前卻不富足的，也是這樣。」
不要憂慮(D)
22 耶穌又對門徒說：「所以，我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，為身體憂慮穿甚麼。 23 因為生命勝於飲食，身體勝於衣裳。 24 你們想一想烏鴉：牠們既不種也不收，既沒有倉又沒有庫， 神尚且養活牠們。你們比飛鳥要貴重得多呢！ 25 你們哪一個能藉着憂慮使壽數多加一刻呢？[b] 26 這最小的事你們尚且不能做，何必憂慮其餘的事呢？ 27 你們想一想百合花是怎麼長起來的：它也不勞動，也不紡線。然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的還不如這些花的一朵呢！ 28 你們這小信的人哪！野地裏的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐裏， 神還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢？ 29 你們不要求吃甚麼，喝甚麼，也不要掛慮。 30 這都是世上的外邦人所求的；你們需要這些東西，你們的父都知道。 31 你們只要求他的國，這些東西就必加給你們了。 32 你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。 33 你們要變賣財產賙濟人，為自己預備永不壞的錢囊和用不盡的財寶在天上，就是賊不能近，蟲不能蛀的地方。 34 因為你們的財寶在哪裏，你們的心也在哪裏。」
警醒的僕人(E)
35 「你們要束緊腰帶，燈也要點着， 36 好像僕人等候自己的主人從婚宴上回來。他來叩門，就立刻給他開門。 37 主人來了，看見僕人警醒，那些僕人就有福了。我實在告訴你們，主人會叫他們坐席，自己束上腰帶，前來伺候他們。 38 他或是半夜來，或是天亮之前來，看見僕人這樣，那些僕人就有福了。 39 你們要知道，一家的主人若知道賊甚麼時候來，就[c]不容賊挖穿房屋。 40 你們也要預備，因為在你們想不到的時候，人子就來了。」
41 彼得說：「主啊，這比喻是對我們說的呢？還是也對眾人呢？」 42 主說：「那麼，誰是那忠心又精明的管家，主人要派他管理自己的家僕，按時定量分糧給他們的呢？ 43 主人來到，看見僕人這樣做，那僕人就有福了。 44 我實在告訴你們，主人要派他管理所有的財產。 45 如果那僕人心裏說『我的主人會來得遲』，就動手打僮僕和使女，並且吃喝醉酒， 46 在想不到的日子，不知道的時候，那僕人的主人要來，重重地懲罰他[d]，定他和不忠心的人同罪。 47 僕人知道主人的意思，卻沒預備，又未順他的意思做，那僕人要多受責打； 48 至於那不知道而做了當受責打的事的，要少受責打。多給誰，就向誰多取；多託誰，就向誰多要。」
分裂的原因(F)
49 「我來是要把火丟在地上，假如已經燒起來，不也是我所希望的嗎？ 50 我有當受的洗還沒有受，在這事完成之前，我是多麼地焦急！ 51 你們以為我來是要使地上太平嗎？不！我告訴你們，是使人紛爭。 52 從今以後，一家五個人將要紛爭，三個和兩個相爭，兩個和三個相爭：
53 父親和兒子相爭，
兒子和父親相爭；
母親和女兒相爭，
女兒和母親相爭；
婆婆和媳婦相爭，
媳婦和婆婆相爭。」
分辨時候(G)
54 耶穌又對眾人說：「你們看見西邊起了雲彩，就說：『要下大雨了』，果然就有； 55 起了南風，你們就說：『要燥熱了』，也就有了。 56 假冒為善的人哪，你們知道分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不知道分辨這是甚麼時代呢？」
與冤家和解(H)
57 「你們又為何不自己判斷甚麼是合理的呢？ 58 你同告你的冤家去見官，還在路上，要盡力跟他和解，免得他拉你到法官面前，法官把你交給法警，法警把你下在監裏。 59 我告訴你，就是最後一小文錢[e]還沒有還清，你也絕不能從那裏出來。」
Luke 12
New International Version
Luke 12
New International Version
Warnings and Encouragements(A)
12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.(B) 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(C) 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 “I tell you, my friends,(D) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(E) 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(F) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(G)
8 “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(H) 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(I) before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man(J) will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.(K)
11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(L) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”(M)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(N)
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(O) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(P) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(Q)
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(R)
Do Not Worry(S)
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(T) And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[b]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor(U) was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!(V) 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(W) knows that you need them.(X) 31 But seek his kingdom,(Y) and these things will be given to you as well.(Z)
32 “Do not be afraid,(AA) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(AB) 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(AC) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(AD) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(AE) 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(AF)
Watchfulness(AG)(AH)
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(AI) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(AJ) 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief(AK) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready,(AL) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 The Lord(AM) answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.(AN) He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(AO) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(AP) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Not Peace but Division(AQ)
49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism(AR) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(AS) 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, 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.”(AT)
Interpreting the Times
54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(AU) 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?(AV)
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.(AW) 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(AX)
Footnotes
- Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be
- Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height
路加福音 12
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
路加福音 12
Revised Chinese Union Version (Traditional Script) Shen Edition
警戒假冒為善(A)
12 這時，有幾萬人聚集，甚至彼此踐踏。耶穌就先對門徒說：「你們要防備法利賽人的酵，就是假冒為善。 2 掩蓋的事沒有不顯露出來的，隱藏的事也沒有不被人知道的。 3 因此，你們在暗中所說的，將要在明處被人聽見；在密室附耳所說的，將要在屋頂上被人宣揚。」
不要懼怕(B)
4 「我的朋友，我對你們說，那最多只能殺人身體而不能再做甚麼的，不要怕他們。 5 我提醒你們該怕的是誰：該怕那殺了以後又有權柄把人扔在地獄裏的。是的，我告訴你們，正要怕他。 6 五隻麻雀不是賣二銅錢[a]嗎？但在 神面前，一隻也不被忘記； 7 就是你們的頭髮也都數過了。不要懼怕，你們比許多的麻雀還貴重！」
在人的面前認基督(C)
8 「我又告訴你們，凡在人面前認我的，人子在 神的使者面前也必認他； 9 在人面前不認我的，人子在 神的使者面前也必不認他。 10 凡說話干犯人子的，還可得赦免；但是褻瀆聖靈的，總不得赦免。 11 有人帶你們到會堂、官長和掌權的人面前，不要擔心怎麼答辯，說甚麼話； 12 因為就在那時候，聖靈要指教你們該說的話。」
無知的財主
13 人羣中有一個人對耶穌說：「老師！請你吩咐我的兄弟和我分家產。」 14 耶穌對他說：「你這個人！誰立我作你們的判官，或給你們分家產的呢？」 15 於是他對他們說：「你們要謹慎自守，躲避一切的貪心，因為人的生命不在於家道豐富。」 16 然後他用比喻對他們說：「有一個財主，田地出產豐富。 17 他自己心裏想：『我的出產沒有地方儲藏，怎麼辦呢？』 18 就說：『我要這麼辦：要把我的倉庫拆了，另蓋更大的，在那裏好儲藏我一切的糧食和財物， 19 然後要對我自己說：你這個人哪，你有許多財物積存，可供多年享用，只管安安逸逸吃喝快樂吧！』 20 神卻對他說：『無知的人哪！今夜就要你的性命，你所預備的要歸誰呢？』 21 凡為自己積財，在 神面前卻不富足的，也是這樣。」
不要憂慮(D)
22 耶穌又對門徒說：「所以，我告訴你們，不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼，為身體憂慮穿甚麼。 23 因為生命勝於飲食，身體勝於衣裳。 24 你們想一想烏鴉：牠們既不種也不收，既沒有倉又沒有庫， 神尚且養活牠們。你們比飛鳥要貴重得多呢！ 25 你們哪一個能藉着憂慮使壽數多加一刻呢？[b] 26 這最小的事你們尚且不能做，何必憂慮其餘的事呢？ 27 你們想一想百合花是怎麼長起來的：它也不勞動，也不紡線。然而我告訴你們，就是所羅門極榮華的時候，他所穿戴的還不如這些花的一朵呢！ 28 你們這小信的人哪！野地裏的草今天還在，明天就丟在爐裏， 神還給它這樣的妝飾，何況你們呢？ 29 你們不要求吃甚麼，喝甚麼，也不要掛慮。 30 這都是世上的外邦人所求的；你們需要這些東西，你們的父都知道。 31 你們只要求他的國，這些東西就必加給你們了。 32 你們這小羣，不要懼怕，因為你們的父樂意把國賜給你們。 33 你們要變賣財產賙濟人，為自己預備永不壞的錢囊和用不盡的財寶在天上，就是賊不能近，蟲不能蛀的地方。 34 因為你們的財寶在哪裏，你們的心也在哪裏。」
警醒的僕人(E)
35 「你們要束緊腰帶，燈也要點着， 36 好像僕人等候自己的主人從婚宴上回來。他來叩門，就立刻給他開門。 37 主人來了，看見僕人警醒，那些僕人就有福了。我實在告訴你們，主人會叫他們坐席，自己束上腰帶，前來伺候他們。 38 他或是半夜來，或是天亮之前來，看見僕人這樣，那些僕人就有福了。 39 你們要知道，一家的主人若知道賊甚麼時候來，就[c]不容賊挖穿房屋。 40 你們也要預備，因為在你們想不到的時候，人子就來了。」
41 彼得說：「主啊，這比喻是對我們說的呢？還是也對眾人呢？」 42 主說：「那麼，誰是那忠心又精明的管家，主人要派他管理自己的家僕，按時定量分糧給他們的呢？ 43 主人來到，看見僕人這樣做，那僕人就有福了。 44 我實在告訴你們，主人要派他管理所有的財產。 45 如果那僕人心裏說『我的主人會來得遲』，就動手打僮僕和使女，並且吃喝醉酒， 46 在想不到的日子，不知道的時候，那僕人的主人要來，重重地懲罰他[d]，定他和不忠心的人同罪。 47 僕人知道主人的意思，卻沒預備，又未順他的意思做，那僕人要多受責打； 48 至於那不知道而做了當受責打的事的，要少受責打。多給誰，就向誰多取；多託誰，就向誰多要。」
分裂的原因(F)
49 「我來是要把火丟在地上，假如已經燒起來，不也是我所希望的嗎？ 50 我有當受的洗還沒有受，在這事完成之前，我是多麼地焦急！ 51 你們以為我來是要使地上太平嗎？不！我告訴你們，是使人紛爭。 52 從今以後，一家五個人將要紛爭，三個和兩個相爭，兩個和三個相爭：
53 父親和兒子相爭，
兒子和父親相爭；
母親和女兒相爭，
女兒和母親相爭；
婆婆和媳婦相爭，
媳婦和婆婆相爭。」
分辨時候(G)
54 耶穌又對眾人說：「你們看見西邊起了雲彩，就說：『要下大雨了』，果然就有； 55 起了南風，你們就說：『要燥熱了』，也就有了。 56 假冒為善的人哪，你們知道分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不知道分辨這是甚麼時代呢？」
與冤家和解(H)
57 「你們又為何不自己判斷甚麼是合理的呢？ 58 你同告你的冤家去見官，還在路上，要盡力跟他和解，免得他拉你到法官面前，法官把你交給法警，法警把你下在監裏。 59 我告訴你，就是最後一小文錢[e]還沒有還清，你也絕不能從那裏出來。」
Luke 12
New International Version
Luke 12
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Warnings and Encouragements(A)
12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.(B) 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(C) 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 “I tell you, my friends,(D) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(E) 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(F) Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(G)
8 “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.(H) 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned(I) before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man(J) will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.(K)
11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(L) 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”(M)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(N)
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(O) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(P) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(Q)
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”(R)
Do Not Worry(S)
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(T) And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[b]? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor(U) was dressed like one of these. 28 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!(V) 29 And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30 For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father(W) knows that you need them.(X) 31 But seek his kingdom,(Y) and these things will be given to you as well.(Z)
32 “Do not be afraid,(AA) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(AB) 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor.(AC) Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven(AD) that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.(AE) 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.(AF)
Watchfulness(AG)(AH)
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.(AI) Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.(AJ) 38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. 39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief(AK) was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready,(AL) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”
41 Peter asked, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?”
42 The Lord(AM) answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? 43 It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 But suppose the servant says to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time in coming,’ and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk. 46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.(AN) He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.(AO) 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.(AP) From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.
Not Peace but Division(AQ)
49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism(AR) to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!(AS) 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, 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.”(AT)
Interpreting the Times
54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(AU) 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?(AV)
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled on the way, or your adversary may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.(AW) 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”(AX)
Footnotes
- Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be
- Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height
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