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Luke 12
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Luke 12
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A Warning against Hypocrisy
12 Meanwhile, when the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled on one another, he began to speak first to his disciples, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.
Exhortation to Fearless Confession
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority[a] to cast into hell.[b] Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. 7 But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God; 9 but whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how[c] you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what you ought to say.”
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. 17 And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”
Do Not Worry
22 He 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 clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?[d] 26 If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;[e] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! 29 And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. 30 For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, strive for his[f] kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Watchful Slaves
35 “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 36 be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.
39 “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he[g] would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
The Faithful or the Unfaithful Slave
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. 44 Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. 45 But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces,[h] and put him with the unfaithful. 47 That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.
Jesus the Cause of Division
49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52 From now on five in one household will be divided, 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 her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Interpreting the Time
54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’; and so it happens. 55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Settling with Your Opponent
57 “And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58 Thus, when you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle the case,[i] or you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you in prison. 59 I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Footnotes
- Luke 12:5 Or power
- Luke 12:5 Gk Gehenna
- Luke 12:11 Other ancient authorities add or what
- Luke 12:25 Or add a cubit to your stature
- Luke 12:27 Other ancient authorities read Consider the lilies; they neither spin nor weave
- Luke 12:31 Other ancient authorities read God’s
- Luke 12:39 Other ancient authorities add would have watched and
- Luke 12:46 Or cut him off
- Luke 12:58 Gk settle with him
Lucas 12
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Lucas 12
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La levadura de los fariseos
12 Mientras tanto, millares de personas se habían juntado, hasta el punto que unos a otros se atropellaban. Jesús comenzó a decir primeramente a sus discípulos:
—Guardaos de la levadura de los fariseos, que es la hipocresía, 2 porque nada hay encubierto que no haya de descubrirse, ni oculto que no haya de saberse. 3 Por tanto, todo lo que habéis dicho en tinieblas, a la luz se oirá; y lo que habéis hablado al oído en los aposentos, se proclamará en las azoteas.
A quién se debe temer(A)
4 »Os digo, amigos míos: No temáis a los que matan el cuerpo, pero después nada más pueden hacer. 5 Os enseñaré a quién debéis temer: Temed a aquel que, después de haber quitado la vida, tiene poder de echar en el infierno. Sí, os digo, a éste temed.
6 »¿No se venden cinco pajarillos por dos cuartos? Con todo, ni uno de ellos está olvidado delante de Dios, 7 pues aun los cabellos de vuestra cabeza están todos contados. No temáis, pues; más valéis vosotros que muchos pajarillos.
El que me confiese delante de los hombres
8 »Os digo que todo aquel que me confiese delante de los hombres, también el Hijo del hombre lo confesará delante de los ángeles de Dios; 9 pero el que me niegue delante de los hombres, será negado delante de los ángeles de Dios.
10 »Todo aquel que diga alguna palabra contra el Hijo del hombre, será perdonado; pero el que blasfeme contra el Espíritu Santo, no será perdonado.
11 »Cuando os traigan a las sinagogas, ante los magistrados y las autoridades, no os preocupéis por cómo o qué habréis de responder, o qué habréis de decir, 12 porque el Espíritu Santo os enseñará en la misma hora lo que debéis decir.
El rico insensato
13 Le dijo uno de la multitud:
—Maestro, di a mi hermano que parta conmigo la herencia.
14 Pero él le dijo:
—Hombre, ¿quién me ha puesto sobre vosotros como juez o partidor?
15 Y les dijo:
—Mirad, guardaos de toda avaricia, porque la vida del hombre no consiste en la abundancia de los bienes que posee.
16 También les refirió una parábola, diciendo: «La heredad de un hombre rico había producido mucho. 17 Y él pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: “¿Qué haré, porque no tengo donde guardar mis frutos?” 18 Y dijo: “Esto haré: derribaré mis graneros y los edificaré más grandes, y allí guardaré todos mis frutos y mis bienes; 19 y diré a mi alma: ‘Alma, muchos bienes tienes guardados para muchos años; descansa, come, bebe y regocíjate.’” 20 Pero Dios le dijo: “Necio, esta noche vienen a pedirte tu alma, y lo que has guardado, ¿de quién será?” 21 Así es el que hace para sí tesoro y no es rico para con Dios.»
La angustia y la ansiedad(B)
22 Dijo luego a sus discípulos: «Por tanto os digo: No os angustiéis por vuestra vida, qué comeréis; ni por el cuerpo, qué vestiréis. 23 La vida es más que la comida, y el cuerpo más que el vestido. 24 Considerad los cuervos, que ni siembran ni siegan; que ni tienen despensa ni granero, y Dios los alimenta. ¿No valéis vosotros mucho más que las aves? 25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá, con angustiarse, añadir a su estatura un codo? 26 Pues si no podéis ni aun lo que es menos, ¿por qué os angustiáis por lo demás?
27 »Considerad los lirios, cómo crecen: no trabajan ni hilan, pero os digo que ni aun Salomón con toda su gloria se vistió como uno de ellos. 28 Y si así viste Dios la hierba que hoy está en el campo y mañana es echada al horno, ¿cuánto más a vosotros, hombres de poca fe? 29 Vosotros, pues, no os preocupéis por lo que habéis de comer ni por lo que habéis de beber, ni estéis en ansiosa inquietud, 30 porque todas estas cosas buscan las gentes del mundo, pero vuestro Padre sabe que tenéis necesidad de ellas. 31 Buscad, más bien, el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
Tesoro en el cielo(C)
32 »No temáis, manada pequeña, porque a vuestro Padre le ha placido daros el Reino. 33 Vended lo que poseéis y dad limosna; haceos bolsas que no se envejezcan, tesoro en los cielos que no se agote, donde ladrón no llega ni polilla destruye, 34 porque donde está vuestro tesoro, allí estará también vuestro corazón.
El siervo vigilante
35 »Tened vuestra cintura ceñida y vuestras lámparas encendidas; 36 sed semejantes a hombres que aguardan a que su señor regrese de las bodas, para que, cuando llegue y llame, le abran en seguida. 37 Bienaventurados aquellos siervos a los cuales su señor, cuando venga, halle velando; de cierto os digo que se ceñirá y hará que se sienten a la mesa y vendrá a servirles. 38 Y aunque venga a la segunda vigilia o a la tercera vigilia, si los halla velando, bienaventurados son aquellos siervos. 39 Pero sabed esto, que si supiera el padre de familia a qué hora el ladrón había de llegar, velaría ciertamente y no lo dejaría entrar en su casa. 40 Vosotros, pues, también, estad preparados, porque a la hora que no penséis el Hijo del hombre vendrá.»
El siervo infiel(D)
41 Entonces Pedro le dijo:
—Señor, ¿dices esta parábola a nosotros o también a todos?
42 Dijo el Señor:
—¿Quién es el mayordomo fiel y prudente al cual su señor pondrá sobre su casa para que a tiempo les dé su ración? 43 Bienaventurado aquel siervo al cual, cuando su señor venga, lo halle haciendo así. 44 En verdad os digo que lo pondrá sobre todos sus bienes. 45 Pero si aquel siervo dice en su corazón: “Mi señor tarda en venir”, y comienza a golpear a los criados y a las criadas, y a comer y a beber y a embriagarse, 46 vendrá el señor de aquel siervo en día que éste no espera y a la hora que no sabe, y lo castigará duramente y lo pondrá con los infieles.
47 »Aquel siervo que, conociendo la voluntad de su señor, no se preparó ni hizo conforme a su voluntad, recibirá muchos azotes. 48 Pero el que sin conocerla hizo cosas dignas de azotes, será azotado poco, porque a todo aquel a quien se haya dado mucho, mucho se le demandará, y al que mucho se le haya confiado, más se le pedirá.
Jesús, causa de división(E)
49 »Fuego vine a echar en la tierra. ¿Y qué quiero, si ya se ha encendido? 50 De un bautismo tengo que ser bautizado. ¡Y cómo me angustio hasta que se cumpla! 51 ¿Pensáis que he venido para traer paz a la tierra? Os digo: no, sino enemistad. 52 De aquí en adelante, cinco en una familia estarán divididos, tres contra dos y dos contra tres; 53 estará dividido el padre contra el hijo y el hijo contra el padre; la madre contra la hija y la hija contra la madre; la suegra contra su nuera y la nuera contra su suegra.
¿Cómo no reconocéis este tiempo?(F)
54 Decía también a la multitud: «Cuando veis la nube que sale del poniente, luego decís: “Agua viene”, y así sucede. 55 Y cuando sopla el viento del sur, decís: “Hará calor”, y lo hace. 56 ¡Hipócritas! Sabéis distinguir el aspecto del cielo y de la tierra, ¿y cómo no distinguís este tiempo?
Arréglate con tu adversario(G)
57 »¿Por qué no juzgáis por vosotros mismos lo que es justo? 58 Cuando vayas al magistrado con tu adversario, procura arreglarte con él en el camino, no sea que te arrastre al juez, y el juez te entregue al guardia, y el guardia te meta en la cárcel. 59 Te digo que no saldrás de allí hasta que hayas pagado aun la última blanca.»
Luke 12
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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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