Warning Against Hypocrisy

12 During this time[a] when[b] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, and secret that will not be made known. Therefore everything that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered[c] in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:1 Literally “which time”
  2. Luke 12:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had gathered together”)
  3. Luke 12:3 Literally “you have spoken to the ear”

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) There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(C) 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be