Luke 12:27-40

English Standard Version

²⁷Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,^[a] yet I tell you, ^(A)even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ²⁸But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, ^(B)O you of little faith! ²⁹And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor ^(C)be worried. ³⁰For ^(D)all the nations of the world seek after these things, and ^(E)your Father knows that you need them. ³¹Instead, ^(F)seek ^(G)his^[b] kingdom, ^(H)and these things will be added to you.

³²^(I)“Fear not, little ^(J)flock, for ^(K)it is your Father's good pleasure to give you ^(L)the kingdom. ³³^(M)Sell your possessions, and ^(N)give to the needy. ^(O)Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with ^(P)a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. ³⁴^(Q)For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

You Must Be Ready

³⁵^(R)“Stay dressed for action^[c] and ^(S)keep your lamps burning, ³⁶and be like men who are ^(T)waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and ^(U)knocks. ³⁷^(V)Blessed are those servants^[d] whom the master finds ^(W)awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, ^(X)he will dress himself for service and ^(Y)have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. ³⁸If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! ³⁹^(Z)But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour ^(AA)the thief was coming, he^[e] would not have left his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰You also must be ^(AB)ready, for ^(AC)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”