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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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Advertencias y estímulos
12 Mientras, se habían juntado miles de personas, tantas que se atropellaban unas a otras. Jesús comenzó a hablar y les dijo primero a sus discípulos: «Cuídense de la levadura de los fariseos, o sea, de su hipocresía. 2 Porque no hay nada encubierto que no llegue a descubrirse, ni nada escondido que no llegue a conocerse. 3 Lo que ustedes hayan dicho en la oscuridad se conocerá a plena luz, y lo que hayan dicho en secreto, a puerta cerrada, se publicará desde las azoteas.
4 »A ustedes, mis amigos, les digo que no tengan miedo de los que matan el cuerpo, porque eso es todo lo que les pueden hacer. 5 Les diré a quién deben de temer: teman al que, después de quitar la vida, tiene poder para echarlos al infierno. A él sí que le deben temer. 6 ¿No se venden cinco pajarillos por dos moneditas? Sin embargo, Dios no se olvida de ninguno de ellos. 7 Así pasa con ustedes: hasta los cabellos de su cabeza están contados. No tengan miedo, pues ustedes valen más que muchos pajarillos.
8 »Les aseguro que al que me reconozca públicamente, lo reconoceré en la presencia de los ángeles de Dios. 9 Pero negaré delante de los ángeles a aquellos que me nieguen delante de la gente. 10 Cualquiera que diga algo contra el Hijo del hombre será perdonado, pero el que blasfeme contra el Espíritu Santo no será perdonado.
11 »Cuando los lleven a las sinagogas y ante los gobernantes y las autoridades, no se preocupen por lo que tengan que decir o de cómo vayan a defenderse, 12 porque el Espíritu Santo les enseñará en ese momento lo que deben decir».
Parábola del rico insensato
13 Uno de entre la gente le dijo:
―Maestro, dile a mi hermano que comparta la herencia conmigo.
14 Jesús le respondió:
―Hombre, ¿quién me ha puesto a mí de juez o árbitro entre ustedes?
15 Y le dijo a la gente:
―Tengan cuidado y dejen toda avaricia. La vida de una persona no depende de las muchas cosas que posea.
16 Entonces les contó esta parábola:
―Un hombre rico tenía un terreno que le había producido muy buena cosecha. 17 Y se puso a pensar: “¿Qué haré? No tengo dónde guardar mi cosecha”. 18 Después de pensarlo dijo: “Ya sé lo que haré. Derribaré mis graneros y construiré unos más grandes, donde pueda guardar toda mi cosecha y mis bienes. 19 Entonces diré: Alma mía, ya tienes muchas cosas buenas guardadas para muchos años. Descansa, come, bebe y disfruta de la vida”. 20 Pero Dios le dijo: “¡Necio! Esta misma noche perderás la vida. ¿Y quién disfrutará de todo lo que has guardado?”.
21 »Así le sucede al que acumula riquezas para sí mismo, pero no es rico delante de Dios».
No se preocupen
22 Después Jesús les aconsejó a sus discípulos:
―Por eso les digo: No se preocupen por su vida, qué van a comer; ni por su cuerpo, con qué se van a vestir. 23 La vida tiene más valor que la comida y el cuerpo más que la ropa. 24 Miren a los cuervos, que no siembran ni cosechan ni tienen almacén ni granero y sin embargo, Dios los alimenta. ¡Ustedes valen mucho más que las aves! 25 ¿Quién de ustedes, por mucho que se afane, puede alargar su vida una hora más? 26 Si no pueden hacer esto tan sencillo, ¿por qué se preocupan por lo demás?
27 »Fíjense cómo crecen los lirios, que no trabajan ni hilan. Y yo les digo que ni siquiera Salomón con toda su riqueza se vistió como uno de ellos. 28 Si Dios viste así a las flores que hoy están aquí y mañana las queman en el horno, ¡cómo no hará más por ustedes, gente de poca fe! 29 Y no se preocupen por qué van a comer o a beber; no se angustien. 30 La gente que no conoce a Dios se preocupa por estas cosas, pero el Padre sabe que ustedes las necesitan. 31 Ustedes busquen, antes que nada, el reino de Dios, y recibirán también estas cosas.
32 »No tengan miedo, mi pequeño rebaño, porque el Padre de ustedes, en su bondad, quiere darles el reino. 33 Vendan lo que tienen, y den a los pobres. Hagan para ustedes bolsas que no se desgasten; guarden en el cielo un tesoro que no se acabe. Allí no hay ladrón que robe ni polilla que destruya. 34 Donde ustedes tengan su tesoro, allí tendrán también su corazón.
La vigilancia
35 »Estén siempre listos, con la ropa bien ajustada y la lámpara encendida, 36 como los sirvientes que esperan a que su señor regrese de un banquete de bodas, para abrirle la puerta en el momento en que él llegue y toque. 37 Dichosos los sirvientes a los que su señor encuentre atentos a su llegada. Les aseguro que se ajustará la ropa, hará que los sirvientes se sienten a la mesa y él mismo se pondrá a servirles. 38 Dichosos los sirvientes a los que su señor encuentre preparados sin importar si llega a la media noche o de madrugada. 39 Dense cuenta de esto: Si el dueño de una casa supiera la hora a la que va a llegar el ladrón, estaría atento para no dejarlo entrar. 40 Así ustedes estén siempre preparados, porque el Hijo del hombre vendrá cuando menos lo esperen».
41 Pedro le preguntó:
―Señor, ¿a quién le cuentas esta parábola?, ¿sólo a nosotros o también a todos los demás?
42 El Señor le respondió:
―¿Quién es el mayordomo fiel y atento al que su señor deja encargado de los otros sirvientes para darles la comida a tiempo? 43 Dichoso el sirviente al que su señor, al regresar, encuentra cumpliendo con su deber. 44 Les aseguro que lo pondrá a cargo de todos sus bienes. 45 Pero si el sirviente piensa: “Mi señor va a tardar en volver”, y comienza a golpear a los criados y a las criadas, y a comer y a beber y a emborracharse, se verá en serios problemas. 46 Cuando vuelva su señor, el día y a la hora que el sirviente menos se lo espera, lo castigará con un castigo tan grande como el que se les da a los incrédulos.
47 »El sirviente que sabe lo que quiere su señor y no se prepara para hacerlo, recibirá muchos golpes. 48 Pero el que no lo sabe y hace algo que merezca castigo, recibirá pocos golpes. A todo el que se le da mucho, también mucho se le exigirá; y al que mucho se le confía mucho más se le pedirá.
División en vez de paz
49 »He venido a traer fuego a la tierra, y ¡cómo quisiera que ya estuviera ardiendo! 50 Pero todavía tengo que pasar por la prueba de un bautismo, y ¡cuánto sufro hasta que se cumpla! 51 ¿Creen ustedes que vine a traer paz a la tierra? ¡No! Vine a traer división. 52 De ahora en adelante estarán divididos cinco en una familia, tres contra dos, y dos contra tres. 53 Estarán divididos el padre contra su hijo y el hijo contra su padre, la madre contra su hija y la hija contra su madre, la suegra contra su nuera y la nuera contra su suegra».
Señales de los tiempos
54 Luego Jesús le dijo a la gente:
―Cuando ustedes ven una nube que se forma en el occidente, dicen: “Va a llover”; y así sucede. 55 Y cuando sopla el viento del sur, dicen: “Va a hacer calor”; y así sucede. 56 ¡Hipócritas! Saben interpretar el aspecto del cielo y de la tierra, pero no saben interpretar este tiempo presente.
57 »¿Por qué no juzgan por ustedes mismos lo que es correcto? 58 Si tienes que ir ante la autoridad con alguien que te ha acusado, trata de reconciliarte con él mientras van en camino. Hazlo antes que te lleve por la fuerza ante el juez, y el juez te entregue al guardia, y el guardia te meta en la cárcel. 59 Te aseguro que no saldrás de allí hasta que pagues el último centavo».
Luke 12
New King James Version
Luke 12
New King James Version
Beware of Hypocrisy(A)
12 In (B)the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, (C)“Beware of the [a]leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 (D)For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Jesus Teaches the Fear of God(E)
4 (F)“And I say to you, (G)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, (H)fear Him!
6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two [b]copper coins? And (I)not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Confess Christ Before Men(J)
8 (K)“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me (L)before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God. 9 But he who (M)denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
10 “And (N)anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
11 (O)“Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will (P)teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But He said to him, (Q)“Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 15 And He said to them, (R)“Take heed and beware of [c]covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”
16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ 18 So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, (S)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (T)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night (U)your soul will be required of you; (V)then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself, (W)and is not rich toward God.”
Do Not Worry(X)
22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, (Y)do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. 23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and (Z)God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the least, why [d]are you anxious for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even (AA)Solomon in all his glory was not [e]arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of (AB)little faith?
29 “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father (AC)knows that you need these things. 31 (AD)But seek [f]the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
32 “Do not fear, little flock, for (AE)it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 (AF)Sell what you have and give (AG)alms; (AH)provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant(AI)
35 (AJ)“Let your waist be girded and (AK)your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 (AL)Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. 38 And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 (AM)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would [g]have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 40 (AN)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?”
42 And the Lord said, (AO)“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food [h]in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 (AP)Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. 45 (AQ)But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a (AR)day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And (AS)that servant who (AT)knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 (AU)But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
Christ Brings Division(AV)
49 (AW)“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But (AX)I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is (AY)accomplished! 51 (AZ)Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, (BA)but rather division. 52 (BB)For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 (BC)Father will be divided 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 her mother-in-law.”
Discern the Time(BD)
54 Then He also said to the multitudes, (BE)“Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. 55 And when you see the (BF)south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern (BG)this time?
Make Peace with Your Adversary
57 “Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right? 58 (BH)When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort (BI)along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”
Footnotes
- Luke 12:1 yeast
- Luke 12:6 Gr. assarion, a coin worth about 1⁄16 of a denarius
- Luke 12:15 NU all covetousness
- Luke 12:26 do you worry
- Luke 12:27 clothed
- Luke 12:31 NU His kingdom, and these things
- Luke 12:39 NU not have allowed
- Luke 12:42 at the right time
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