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Lukas 12
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Lukas 12
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12 Ondertussen verdrongen zich duizenden mensen om Hem heen. Jezus had eerst zijn leerlingen iets te zeggen. ‘Ik waarschuw jullie niet zoals de Farizeeën te worden, het zijn huichelaars! 2 Het zal vanzelf wel blijken hoe het werkelijk zit; wat verborgen is, zal aan de dag komen. 3 Alles wat jullie in het donker zeggen, zal in het licht gehoord worden. Wat jullie stiekem fluisteren, zal van de daken rondgebazuind worden. 4 Jullie zijn mijn vrienden. Wees niet bang voor de mensen die je willen vermoorden. Zij kunnen alleen maar je lichaam doden, maar hebben daarna geen macht meer over je. 5 Weet je voor wie je een heilige vrees moet hebben? Voor God, die macht heeft te doden en daarna in de hel te gooien. 6 Wat kosten vijf mussen? Bijna niets. Toch vergeet God er niet één van. 7 Hij weet zelfs hoeveel haren je op je hoofd hebt! Wees dus nooit bang. Je bent Hem veel meer waard dan een hele zwerm mussen. 8 Onthoud dit: als je er bij de mensen openlijk voor uitkomt dat je bij Mij hoort, zal Ik, de Mensenzoon, dat ook doen bij de engelen van God. 9 Maar als je voor de mensen doet of je Mij niet kent, zal Ik voor de engelen van God doen of Ik jou niet ken. 10 Wie kwaadspreekt over Mij, de Mensenzoon, zal daarvoor nog vergeving kunnen krijgen. Maar voor wie de Heilige Geest willens en wetens belastert, is vergeving uitgesloten. 11 Als jullie moeten terechtstaan in de synagogen en voor de autoriteiten, maak je dan niet ongerust over wat je moet zeggen om je te verdedigen. 12 De Heilige Geest zal je op dat moment de juiste woorden ingeven.’
13 Iemand uit de mensen riep: ‘Meester, zeg toch tegen mijn broer dat hij mij het deel van de erfenis geeft waar ik recht op heb!’ 14 Jezus antwoordde: ‘Beste man, hoe komt u erbij dat Ik rechter over u wil zijn? Met erfeniskwesties houd Ik Mij niet bezig.’
15 ‘Dat is nou iets waarvoor u moet oppassen,’ zei Hij tegen de mensen. ‘Verlang niet steeds naar dingen die u niet hebt. Want het leven bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel spullen.’ 16 Hij maakte dit duidelijk met een gelijkenis. ‘Een rijk man had heel vruchtbaar land en de oogst was zo groot dat die niet in de schuren kon. 17 De man vroeg zich af waar hij alles moest laten. 18 Ineens wist hij het. “Ik breek mijn schuren af en zet er grotere voor in de plaats,” zei hij. “Dan heb ik ruimte genoeg om alles op te slaan. 19 Als het klaar is, zal ik tegen mezelf zeggen: Je hebt voor jaren genoeg. Rust eens lekker uit, eet, drink en geniet.” 20 Maar God zei tegen hem: “Dwaas! Vannacht zult u sterven. En wie krijgt nu alles wat u achterlaat?” 21 Zo gaat het met iemand die altijd maar meer wil hebben, maar in Gods ogen een armoedzaaier is.’
22 Jezus zei tegen zijn leerlingen: ‘Maak je geen zorgen over je levensonderhoud, over wat je zult eten of aantrekken. 23 Want het leven is meer dan voedsel en kleding alleen. 24 Kijk eens naar de kraaien. Die zaaien en oogsten niet en ze hebben geen voorraadkamers of schuren. Toch gaat het hen goed, want God geeft ze te eten. Wel, jullie betekenen toch veel meer voor Hem dan die vogels! 25 Waar zijn zorgen trouwens goed voor? Kun je je leven erdoor verlengen? 26 Natuurlijk niet. Als je dat nog niet eens kunt, waarover zul je je dan zorgen maken? 27 Kijk eens naar de lelies: die spinnen niet en weven niet. Toch zijn zij mooier dan koning Salomo in al zijn pracht en praal. 28 Als God de planten die vandaag in het veld staan en morgen verbrand worden, zo mooi aankleedt, zal Hij jullie dan geen kleren geven? Bange twijfelaars! 29 Denk toch niet altijd aan eten en drinken. Ik wil niet dat jullie je daarover ongerust maken, 30 zoals de andere mensen. Je hemelse Vader weet heel goed wat je nodig hebt. 31 Wees dus in de eerste plaats bezig met het Koninkrijk van God, dan zorgt Hij wel dat je die andere dingen ook krijgt. 32 Wees niet bang, al vormen jullie maar een klein groepje. Want jullie Vader is zo goed geweest zijn koninkrijk voor je open te stellen. 33 Verkoop je bezittingen en geef de opbrengst aan wie tekort hebben. Zorg dat je een beurs krijgt die nooit opraakt, waar dieven niet bij kunnen en waar de mot niet aan vreet. 34 Want waar je schat is, daar zullen ook je hart en gedachten zijn.
35 Sta altijd klaar om in actie te komen, zorg dat jullie lamp brandt 36 en wees als dienaars die wachten op hun heer tot die van de bruiloft terugkomt. Als hij aanklopt, kunnen ze meteen opendoen. 37 Wie klaar staan en hem verwachten, zijn oneindig gelukkig, want de Here Zelf zal hun dienaar worden. Hij zal hen aan tafel nodigen en bedienen. 38 Of Hij nu ʼs avonds komt of na middernacht, voor degenen die klaar staan, zal het een heerlijk moment zijn. 39 Jullie begrijpen wel dat iemand niet in zijn huis zou laten inbreken als hij wist wanneer de dief zou komen. 40 Het beste wat je dus kunt doen, is altijd klaar te zijn. Want Ik, de Mensenzoon, kom op een moment dat niemand Mij verwacht.’
41 Petrus vroeg: ‘Is dit voor iedereen bestemd? Of alleen voor ons?’ 42 Jezus antwoordde: ‘Ik heb het over de betrouwbare en verstandige rentmeester die van zijn heer opdracht heeft gekregen voor de andere arbeiders te zorgen. 43 Als de heer terugkomt en ziet dat de man zijn werk goed heeft gedaan, 44 zal hij hem belonen en hem zijn hele bezit toevertrouwen. 45 Maar de rentmeester kan ook denken: “Mijn heer komt voorlopig niet terug.” Hij kan de arbeiders en de werksters beginnen te slaan. Hij kan erop los leven en dronken worden. 46 Maar als dan onverwacht zijn heer terugkomt, zal die hem ontslaan en behandelen als een misdadiger. 47 Hij zal zwaar gestraft worden. Want hij wist wat hij moest doen, maar heeft het niet gedaan. 48 Maar wie zich er niet van bewust is dat hij verkeerd heeft gedaan, zal een lichte straf krijgen. Als iemand veel heeft ontvangen, zal ook veel van hem worden geëist. Hoe meer je is toevertrouwd, hoe groter je verantwoording is.
49 Ik ben gekomen om vuur op de aarde te brengen. Was Ik daar maar mee klaar! 50 Ik moet een zware beproeving ondergaan en Ik zie er erg tegenop. 51 Denken jullie soms dat Ik ben gekomen om vrede op de aarde te brengen? 52 Dat is niet zo! Ik breng juist strijd en verdeeldheid. Van nu af aan zal in gezinnen onenigheid zijn. Drie mensen zullen voor Mij zijn en twee tegen, of omgekeerd. 53 Vader en zoon zullen onenigheid krijgen over Mij. Moeder en dochter ook. En schoonmoeder en schoondochter zullen elkaar niet begrijpen.’
54 Jezus zei tegen de mensen: ‘Als u in het westen wolken ziet opkomen, zegt u: “Daar komt een bui aan.” En dat is juist. 55 Als een zuidenwind opsteekt, zegt u: “Het wordt heet.” En ook dat is juist. 56 Huichelaars! U ziet dus aan de lucht wat voor weer het wordt. Maar de tekenen des tijds ziet u niet.
57 U weet zelf wat goed en rechtvaardig is! 58 Als u met uw tegenpartij onenigheid hebt, moet u proberen het zo vlug mogelijk met hem in orde te maken. Anders sleurt hij u nog voor de rechter en krijgt u gevangenisstraf. 59 En u komt de gevangenis niet uit, voordat u de laatste cent betaald hebt.’
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
Luke 12
King James Version
Luke 12
King James Version
12 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.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 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.
11 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:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 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.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 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.
19 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.
20 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?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 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.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 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?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 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.
28 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?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 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.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 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.
37 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.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 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.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 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?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 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;
46 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.
47 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.
48 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.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 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.
54 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.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 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?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 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.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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