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Luke 12
Young's Literal Translation
Luke 12
Young's Literal Translation
12 At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
3 because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
4 `And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;
5 but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.
6 `Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
7 but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
8 `And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
9 and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
10 and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.
11 `And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.'
13 And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
14 And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'
15 And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
16 And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?
18 and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
20 `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
21 so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
22 And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
23 the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.
24 `Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?
25 and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?
27 `Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;
28 and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?
29 `And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;
31 but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
32 `Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
33 sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.
35 `Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
36 and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
37 `Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;
38 and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants.
39 `And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;
40 and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
41 And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'
42 And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
43 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
44 truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.
45 `And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;
46 the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
47 `And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
48 and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 `Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?
50 but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
51 `Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;
52 for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;
53 a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'
54 And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;
55 and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
56 hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time -- how do ye not make proof of [it]?
57 `And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?
58 for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;
59 I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'
路加福音 12
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
路加福音 12
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
要防备宗教的伪善
12 那时有上万的人群聚集，甚至彼此践踏。耶稣一开始先对他的门徒们说：“你们要提防法利赛人的酵母，就是伪善。 2 被掩盖的事没有将不被显露出来的，隐秘的事也没有将不被知道的。 3 所以你们在暗中所说的，会在明处被听见；你们在内室里耳语的，将要在屋顶上被宣扬出去。
要惧怕神
4 “我的朋友，我告诉你们：不要怕那些杀了身体以后不能再做什么的人。 5 我要指示你们该惧怕的是谁：你们当惧怕那杀了身体以后，又有权把人扔进地狱的那一位。是的，我告诉你们：当惧怕这一位。 6 五只麻雀不是卖两个小钱[a]吗？可是在神面前，一只也不会被忘记； 7 而且，就是你们的每一根头发也都被数过了。不要怕！你们比一大群麻雀还重要。
要承认基督
8 “我告诉你们：无论谁在人面前承认我，人子在神的天使们面前也将承认他； 9 而那在人面前不认我的，在神的天使们面前也将被否认。 10 所有说话抵挡人子的，还能被赦免；但那亵渎圣灵的，不能被赦免。 11 当他们把你们带到会堂，或带到统治者和掌权者面前的时候，不要忧虑怎样申辩或说什么。 12 因为就在那时候，圣灵会教导你们该说的话。”
无知财主的比喻
13 人群中有一个人对耶稣说：“老师，请吩咐我的哥哥[b]与我分继业吧！”
14 耶稣对他说：“朋友[c]，谁委任了我做你们的审判官或仲裁者呢？” 15 接着耶稣对他们说：“你们要注意，要提防一切贪心，因为一个人的生命不在于他财产的丰厚。”
16 然后对他们讲了一个比喻，说：“有一个富有的人，田地丰收了。 17 他就心里盘算：‘我没有地方储存我的产物了，做什么呢？’ 18 他就说：‘我要这么做：拆掉我的这些仓库，另建更大的，把我所有的麦子[d]和美物收集在那里。 19 然后，我要对我的灵魂说：灵魂哪，你拥有了很多好东西，足以享用多年，你就休息、吃喝、庆祝吧。’
20 “可是神对他说：‘你这愚妄的人哪！今夜，他们就要召回你的灵魂了。那么，你所预备的要归谁呢？’
21 “那为自己积蓄财富而在神面前不富足的人，也是这样。”
不要忧虑
22 耶稣又对他的门徒们说：“所以我告诉你们：不要为你们的[e]生命而忧虑吃什么，也不要为身体而忧虑穿什么。 23 因为生命比食物更重要，身体比衣服更重要。 24 应该想一想乌鸦：它们不撒种，也不收割，没有仓也没有库，神尚且养活它们；更何况你们，你们比飞鸟还重要呢！ 25 你们当中谁能因着忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻[f][g]呢？ 26 因此，你们如果连最小的事也不能做，为什么还要为其他的事忧虑呢？
27 “应该想一想百合花是怎么生长的：它不劳动，也不纺织。但是我告诉你们：就连所罗门在他最荣耀的时候，所穿戴的也不如这些花中的一朵。 28 你们这些小信的人哪！野地里的草今天还在，明天就被丢进火炉里，神尚且这样装扮它，更何况你们呢！ 29 你们不要追求吃什么、喝什么，也不要挂虑。 30 因为这一切都是世界外邦人所寻求的，而你们的父已经知道你们需要这些了。
31 “不过你们应当寻求神的[h]国，这些都[i]将加给你们了。 32 你们这一小群哪，不要怕，因为你们的父乐意把国度[j]赐给你们。 33 你们当卖掉自己所拥有的，施舍给人，为自己预备不会破旧的钱包和没有穷尽的财宝在天上；在那里盗贼不能靠近，也没有虫咬蚀。 34 要知道，你们的财宝在哪里，你们的心也在哪里。
要警醒
35 “你们要束上腰带，点亮油灯， 36 要像期待着主人从婚宴上回来的人那样；好在主人回来敲门的时候，能立刻为他开门。 37 主人回来的时候，看见哪些奴仆警醒着，那些奴仆就蒙福了。我确实地告诉你们：主人会束上腰带，请他们坐席，并来伺候他们。 38 即使主人在二更天或在三更天才回来，也看见他们仍然警醒着，那些人[k]就蒙福了。 39 不过你们应当知道这一点：一家的主人如果知道贼什么时候来，就[l]不会让他的房子被人钻进。 40 你们也应当做好准备，因为在你们意想不到的时候，人子就来了。”
忠仆与恶仆
41 彼得说：“主啊，你这个比喻是对我们说的，还是也对大家说的呢？”
42 主说：“究竟谁是那又忠心又聪明的管家——受主人委任统管他家人、按时分发粮食的人呢？ 43 主人回来的时候，看见哪个奴仆如此行，那个奴仆就蒙福了。 44 我确实地告诉你们：主人会委任他统管自己所拥有的一切。 45 但如果这奴仆心里说‘我的主人会迟延回来’，就动手殴打其他的男仆和女仆，并且吃喝、醉酒， 46 那么，这奴仆的主人就要在意想不到的日子、在他不知道的时刻回来，并且会严厉惩罚他[m]，使他与那些不信的人有同样的下场。 47 那知道主人的意思[n]，却没有预备，也不照着主人的意思去做的奴仆，将会受很多鞭打； 48 但那因为不知道而做了该打之事的人，将会受很少鞭打。所以谁被赐予的多，将来向谁索取的也多；托给谁多，将来向谁要求的也更多。
不是和平而是分裂
49 “我来是要把火投在地上，我多么希望这火已经点燃了！ 50 不过我有该受的洗礼，在完成之前，我是多么困苦！ 51 你们以为我来了，是给地上带来和平吗？不是的！我告诉你们：其实还是分裂[o]。 52 从今以后，一家五口将要分裂：三个与两个，两个与三个分裂。
53 他们将要分裂：父亲反对儿子，
儿子反对父亲而分裂；
母亲反对女儿，
女儿反对母亲而分裂；
婆婆反对媳妇，
媳妇反对婆婆而分裂。[p]”
分辨时代
54 然后，耶稣又对众人说：“你们一旦看见云彩在西边升起，就立刻说：‘要下大雨了’，果然就如此。 55 南风一吹起，你们就说：‘要热起来了’，果然就如此。 56 你们这些伪善的人！你们懂得分辨天地的气象，怎么不懂得[q]分辨这个时代呢？
要尽力和解
57 “你们为什么自己不判断公义的事呢？ 58 你和你的对头去见官的时候，在路上就当尽力与他和解，免得他把你拉到审判官面前，审判官把你交给狱卒，狱卒就把你投进监狱。 59 我告诉你：除非你还清了最后的一个小钱[r]，否则你绝不能从那里出来。”
Footnotes
- 路加福音 12:6 两个小钱——原文为“2阿撒利”。1阿撒利=约1/16日工资的罗马铜币。
- 路加福音 12:13 哥哥——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 路加福音 12:14 朋友——原文直译“人哪”。
- 路加福音 12:18 麦子——有古抄本作“产物”。
- 路加福音 12:22 有古抄本没有“你们的”。
- 路加福音 12:25 一刻——原文为“1肘”或“1佩库斯”。1肘=46公分。
- 路加福音 12:25 使自己的寿命延长一刻——或译作“使自己的身材增加一肘”。
- 路加福音 12:31 神的——有古抄本作“他的”。
- 路加福音 12:31 有古抄本没有“都”。
- 路加福音 12:32 国度——或译作“天国”。
- 路加福音 12:38 那些人——有古抄本作“那些奴仆”。
- 路加福音 12:39 有古抄本附“会警醒，”。
- 路加福音 12:46 严厉惩罚他——原文直译“把他砍成两段”。
- 路加福音 12:47 意思——或译作“旨意”。
- 路加福音 12:51 分裂——或译作“纷争”。
- 路加福音 12:53 《弥迦书》7:6。
- 路加福音 12:56 有古抄本没有“懂得”。
- 路加福音 12:59 小钱——原文为“雷普顿”。1雷普顿=约1/128日工资的希腊小铜币。
Luka 12
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Luka 12
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod
Licemjerje
12 Okupilo se mnoštvo od više tisuća ljudi. Bilo ih je toliko da su gazili jedni po drugima. Isus se najprije obratio svojim učenicima: »Čuvajte se farizejskoga kvasca, to jest licemjerja! 2 Nema ništa sakriveno što se neće otkriti niti išta tajno što se neće saznati. 3 Prema tome, sve što u tami izgovorite, čut će se na svjetlu. A što ste kome šapnuli na uho u tajnosti sobe, vikat će se s krovova.«
Bojte se Boga, a ne ljudi
(Mt 10,28-31)
4 »I kažem vam, prijatelji, ne trebate se bojati onih koji ubijaju tijelo i nakon toga ne mogu ništa više učiniti. 5 Reći ću vam koga se trebate bojati: bojte se Boga koji, nakon što oduzme život, ima vlast baciti ga u pakao. Da, kažem vam, njega se bojte!
6 Ne prodaje li se pet vrabaca za dva novčića? Pa, ipak, ni jednoga od njih Bog ne zaboravlja. 7 A na vašoj su glavi čak i vlasi izbrojene. Ne bojte se! Vi vrijedite više od mnoštva vrabaca.«
Priznati Isusa
(Mt 10,32-33; 12,32; 10,19-20)
8 »Kažem vam: tko god mene prizna pred ljudima, ja ću ga pred Božjim anđelima priznati kao svoga. 9 No onoga tko se mene odrekne pred ljudima, ja ću se odreći pred Božjim anđelima.
10 Svakome tko kaže nešto protiv Sina Čovječjega bit će oprošteno, ali onome tko vrijeđa Svetog Duha neće se oprostiti.
11 Kad vas izvedu pred sinagoge, vladare i vlasti, nemojte se brinuti o tome kako ćete se braniti ili što ćete reći! 12 Sveti će vas Duh u taj tren poučiti što da kažete.«
Ne oslanjajte se na bogatstvo!
13 Tada mu je netko iz gomile rekao: »Učitelju, reci mojem bratu da podijeli nasljedstvo sa mnom!«
14 A Isus mu je odgovorio: »Čovječe, tko je mene imenovao da dijelim pravdu ili posredujem među vama?« 15 Rekao im je i ovo: »Čuvajte se i nemojte dopustiti da pohlepa uđe u vaše srce, jer čak i onome koji živi u izobilju, život ne dolazi iz onog što posjeduje.«
16 Tada im je ispričao jednu usporedbu: »Zemlja nekog bogataša dobro je rodila. On je u sebi pomislio i rekao: 17 ‘Što ću učiniti kad nemam gdje uskladištiti svoj urod?’ 18 Zatim je rekao: ‘Evo što ću učiniti: srušit ću svoje žitnice i sagraditi veće. Spremit ću u njih svoje žito i ostala dobra. 19 I reći ću samom sebi: imaš na zalihi mnogo dobara za godine koje dolaze. Odmori se, jedi, pij i veseli se!’
20 No Bog mu je rekao: ‘Bezumni čovječe, umrijet ćeš još večeras! A kome će pripasti ono što si spremio?’
21 Evo što se događa onome tko skuplja blago, ali nije bogat u Božjim očima.«
Prvenstvo Božjeg kraljevstva
(Mt 6,25-34)
22 Zatim je rekao svojim učenicima: »Zato vam kažem, nemojte se brinuti za svoj život—što ćete jesti, ili za svoje tijelo—što ćete obući! 23 Jer, život je važniji od hrane i tijelo od odjeće. 24 Promotrite vrane: niti siju, niti žanju. Nemaju ni smočnice ni žitnice pa ipak ih Bog hrani. A vi vrijedite mnogo više od ptica. 25 Tko od vas može brigama produžiti svoj život makar za jedan sat? 26 Budući da ne možete učiniti ni to malo, zašto se brinete za ostalo? 27 Promotrite ljiljane kako rastu! Niti se trude, niti izrađuju odjeću. A opet, kažem vam, čak ni Salomon u svoj svojoj slavi nije bio odjeven kao jedan od njih. 28 Ako Bog tako odijeva travu u polju, koja je danas ovdje, a sutra se baca u peć, koliko će više odjenuti vas, malovjerni! 29 Ne brinite se što ćete jesti ili što ćete piti! Ne uzrujavajte se zbog toga! 30 Ljudi ovoga svijeta opterećuju se time, ali vaš Otac zna da vam je sve to potrebno. 31 Nego, prvo se brinite za njegovo Kraljevstvo pa će vam se i to nadodati!« 32 »Malo stado, ne plaši se! Otac vam želi dati svoje Kraljevstvo. 33 Prodajte ono što posjedujete i dajte novac siromašnima. Nabavite si torbe, koje ne mogu ostarjeti, i blago koje neće propasti—trajno bogatstvo koje je na Nebu—gdje ga ne može dohvatiti lopov niti uništiti moljac. 34 Jer, gdje je vaše blago, tamo će vam biti i srce.«
Uvijek budite spremni!
(Mt 24,42-44)
35 »Budite spremni! Obucite se i neka vaše svjetiljke gore! 36 Budite kao oni koji čekaju svoga gospodara da se vrati sa svadbe. Kad on dođe i pokuca, mogu mu odmah otvoriti vrata. 37 Blagoslovljeni oni sluge koje će gospodar naći budne i spremne kada dođe. Govorim vam istinu. Gospodar će zaogrnuti pregaču da ih služi. Posjest će ih za stol i posluživati ih. 38 Gospodar može doći u ponoć ili još kasnije, ali blago njima kada dođe i vidi da ga još uvijek čekaju. 39 U ovo budite sigurni: da je gospodar znao u koje će vrijeme doći lopov, ne bi dopustio da mu provali u kuću. 40 I vi budite spremni, jer će Sin Čovječji doći u vrijeme kad ga ne očekujete!«
Tko je pouzdani sluga?
(Mt 24,45-51)
41 Tada ga je Petar upitao: »Gospodine, govoriš li ovu usporedbu samo nama ili svima?«
42 A Gospodin je rekao: »Tko je taj vjerni i mudri upravitelj kojeg će Gospodin postaviti nad svojim slugama da im u pravo vrijeme daje obrok? 43 Blago onom slugi kojega gospodar, kada dođe, zatekne da tako radi! 44 Kažem vam istinu: njega će odrediti da upravlja svim njegovim imetkom. 45 Ali što ako sluga u svom srcu kaže: ‘Moj gospodar neće tako skoro doći’ i počne tući sluge i sluškinje, jesti, piti i opijati se? 46 Njegov će gospodar doći onoga dana kad mu se ne nada i u vrijeme za koje ne zna. Tada će ga gospodar kazniti i dodijeliti mu mjesto među nevjernicima.
47 Sluga, koji zna volju svoga gospodara, a ne pripremi se za njegov dolazak ili ne čini ono što gospodar želi, dobit će mnogo udaraca. 48 No onaj sluga koji nije znao gospodarevu volju, a učinio je nešto zbog čega zaslužuje kaznu, primit će malo udaraca. Jer, od svakoga kome je dano mnogo, mnogo će se i zahtijevati. Kome je mnogo povjereno, više će se od njega tražiti.«
Nevolje zbog Isusa
(Mt 10,34-36)
49 »Došao sam zapaliti vatru na Zemlji. O, da barem već gori! 50 Ali najprije me čeka krštenje. O, na kakvoj sam muci dok se ono ne izvrši! 51 Mislite li da sam došao uspostaviti mir na Zemlji? Ne, kažem vam, donosim razdor. 52 Jer, od sada će obitelj od petero biti među sobom podijeljena—troje protiv dvoje i dvoje protiv troje.
53 Okrenut će se otac protiv sina i sin protiv oca,
majka protiv kćeri i kći protiv majke,
svekrva protiv snahe i snaha protiv svekrve.«[a]
Prepoznajte znakove vremena
(Mt 16,2-3)
54 Zatim je rekao narodu: »Kad vidite da sa zapada dolazi oblak, smjesta kažete: ‘Dolazi kiša’, i bude. 55 A kad puše južni vjetar, kažete: ‘Bit će vruće’, i bude. 56 Licemjeri! Znate protumačiti izgled zemlje i neba pa kako onda ne znate protumačiti događaje ovoga vremena?«
Riješite nesuglasice!
(Mt 5,25-26)
57 »Zašto sami ne prosudite što je pravedno? 58 Dok sa svojim protivnikom idete na sud, potrudite se da se putem nagodite s njim. Inače, on će vas privesti sucu, sudac će vas predati sudskom izvršitelju, a on će vas baciti u zatvor. 59 Kažem vam, nećete izaći odande dok ne platite i posljednji novčić.«
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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