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12 Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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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”