Lukas 12

1And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.

3For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.

4And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him.

6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

7Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.

8And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

9But he that shall deny me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

10And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

11And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say;

12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must say.

13And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.

14But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?

15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

16And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

17And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

18And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me, and my goods.

19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.

20But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

22And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.

23The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.

24Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?

25And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?

26If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are you solicitous for the rest?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

28Now if God clothe in this manner the grass that is today in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more you, O ye of little faith?

29And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink: and be not lifted up on high.

30For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.

31But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

32Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

33Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands.

36And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately.

37Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing will minister unto them.

38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

40Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

41And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or likewise to all?

42And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?

43Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come, he shall find so doing.

44Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.

45But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:

46The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

47And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.

49I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

50And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished?

51Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.

52For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: three against two, and two against three.

53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

54And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:

55And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.

56You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?

57And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?

58And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison.

59I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.

1Multis autem turbis circumstantibus, ita ut se invicem conculcarent, cœpit dicere ad discipulos suos: Attendite a fermento pharisæorum, quod est hypocrisis.

2Nihil autem opertum est, quod non reveletur: neque absconditum, quod non sciatur.

3Quoniam quæ in tenebris dixistis, in lumine dicentur: et quod in aurem locuti estis in cubiculis, prædicabitur in tectis.

4Dico autem vobis amicis meis: Ne terreamini ab his qui occidunt corpus, et post hæc non habent amplius quid faciant.

5Ostendam autem vobis quem timeatis: timete eum qui, postquam occiderit, habet potestatem mittere in gehennam: ita dico vobis, hunc timete.

6Nonne quinque passeres veneunt dipondio, et unus ex illis non est in oblivione coram Deo?

7sed et capilli capitis vestri omnes numerati sunt. Nolite ergo timere: multis passeribus pluris estis vos.

8Dico autem vobis: Omnis quicumque confessus fuerit me coram hominibus, et Filius hominis confitebitur illum coram angelis Dei:

9qui autem negaverit me coram hominibus, negabitur coram angelis Dei.

10Et omnis qui dicit verbum in Filium hominis, remittetur illi: ei autem qui in Spiritum Sanctum blasphemaverit, non remittetur.

11Cum autem inducent vos in synagogas, et ad magistratus, et potestates, nolite solliciti esse qualiter, aut quid respondeatis, aut quid dicatis.

12Spiritus enim Sanctus docebit vos in ipsa hora quid oporteat vos dicere.

13Ait autem ei quidam de turba: Magister, dic fratri meo ut dividat mecum hæreditatem.

14At ille dixit illi: Homo, quis me constituit judicem, aut divisorem super vos?

15Dixitque ad illos: Videte, et cavete ab omni avaritia: quia non in abundantia cujusquam vita ejus est ex his quæ possidet.

16Dixit autem similitudinem ad illos, dicens: Hominis cujusdam divitis uberes fructus ager attulit:

17et cogitabat intra se dicens: Quid faciam, quia non habeo quo congregem fructus meos?

18Et dixit: Hoc faciam: destruam horrea mea, et majora faciam: et illuc congregabo omnia quæ nata sunt mihi, et bona mea,

19et dicam animæ meæ: Anima, habes multa bona posita in annos plurimos: requiesce, comede, bibe, epulare.

20Dixit autem illi Deus: Stulte, hac nocte animam tuam repetunt a te: quæ autem parasti, cujus erunt?

21Sic est qui sibi thesaurizat, et non est in Deum dives.

22Dixitque ad discipulos suos: Ideo dico vobis, nolite solliciti esse animæ vestræ quid manducetis, neque corpori quid induamini.

23Anima plus est quam esca, et corpus plus quam vestimentum.

24Considerate corvos, quia non seminant, neque metunt, quibus non est cellarium, neque horreum, et Deus pascit illos. Quanto magis vos pluris estis illis?

25Quis autem vestrum cogitando potest adjicere ad staturam suam cubitum unum?

26Si ergo neque quod minimum est potestis, quid de ceteris solliciti estis?

27Considerate lilia quomodo crescunt: non laborant, neque nent: dico autem vobis, nec Salomon in omni gloria sua vestiebatur sicut unum ex istis.

28Si autem fœnum, quod hodie est in agro, et cras in clibanum mittitur, Deus sic vestit: quanto magis vos pusillæ fidei?

29Et vos nolite quærere quid manducetis, aut quid bibatis: et nolite in sublime tolli:

30hæc enim omnia gentes mundi quærunt. Pater autem vester scit quoniam his indigetis.

31Verumtamen quærite primum regnum Dei, et justitiam ejus: et hæc omnia adjicientur vobis.

32Nolite timere pusillus grex, quia complacuit Patri vestro dare vobis regnum.

33Vendite quæ possidetis, et date eleemosynam. Facite vobis sacculos, qui non veterascunt, thesaurum non deficientem in cælis: quo fur non appropriat, neque tinea corrumpit.

34Ubi enim thesaurus vester est, ibi et cor vestrum erit.

35Sint lumbi vestri præcincti, et lucernæ ardentes in manibus vestris,

36et vos similes hominibus exspectantibus dominum suum quando revertatur a nuptiis: ut, cum venerit et pulsaverit, confestim aperiant ei.

37Beati servi illi quos, cum venerit dominus, invenerit vigilantes: amen dico vobis, quod præcinget se, et faciet illos discumbere, et transiens ministrabit illis.

38Et si venerit in secunda vigilia, et si in tertia vigilia venerit, et ita invenerit, beati sunt servi illi.

39Hoc autem scitote, quoniam si sciret paterfamilias, qua hora fur veniret, vigilaret utique, et non sineret perfodi domum suam.

40Et vos estote parati: quia qua hora non putatis, Filius hominis veniet.

41Ait autem et Petrus: Domine, ad nos dicis hanc parabolam, an et ad omnes?

42Dixit autem Dominus: Quis, putas, est fidelis dispensator, et prudens, quem constituit dominus supra familiam suam, ut det illis in tempore tritici mensuram?

43Beatus ille servus quem, cum venerit dominus, invenerit ita facientem.

44Vere dico vobis, quoniam supra omnia quæ possidet, constituet illum.

45Quod si dixerit servus ille in corde suo: Moram facit dominus meus venire: et cœperit percutere servos, et ancillas, et edere, et bibere, et inebriari:

46veniet dominus servi illius in die qua non sperat, et hora qua nescit, et dividet eum, partemque ejus cum infidelibus ponet.

47Ille autem servus qui cognovit voluntatem domini sui, et non præparavit, et non facit secundum voluntatem ejus, vapulabit multis:

48qui autem non cognovit, et fecit digna plagis, vapulabit paucis. Omni autem cui multum datum est, multum quæretur ab eo: et cui commendaverunt multum, plus petent ab eo.

49Ignem veni mittere in terram, et quid volo nisi ut accendatur?

50Baptismo autem habeo baptizari: et quomodo coarctor usque dum perficiatur?

51Putatis quia pacem veni dare in terram? non, dico vobis, sed separationem:

52erunt enim ex hoc quinque in domo una divisi, tres in duos, et duo in tres

53dividentur: pater in filium, et filius in patrem suum, mater in filiam, et filia in matrem, socrus in nurum suam, et nurus in socrum suam.

54Dicebat autem et ad turbas: Cum videritis nubem orientem ab occasu, statim dicitis: Nimbus venit: et ita fit.

55Et cum austrum flantem, dicitis: Quia æstus erit: et fit.

56Hypocritæ ! faciem cæli et terræ nostis probare: hoc autem tempus quomodo non probatis?

57quid autem et a vobis ipsis non judicatis quod justum est?

58Cum autem vadis cum adversario tuo ad principem, in via da operam liberari ab illo, ne forte trahat te ad judicem, et judex tradat te exactori, et exactor mittat te in carcerem.

59Dico tibi, non exies inde, donec etiam novissimum minutum reddas.

1Then, as great crowds were standing so close that they were stepping on one another, he began to say to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known.

3For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

4So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do.

5But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him.

6Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? And yet not one of these is forgotten in the sight of God.

7But even the very hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

8But I say to you: Everyone who will have confessed me before men, the Son of man will also confess him before the Angels of God.

9But everyone who will have denied me before men, he will be denied before the Angels of God.

10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven of him. But of him who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

11And when they will lead you to the synagogues, and to magistrates and authorities, do not choose to be worried about how or what you will answer, or about what you might say.

12For the Holy Spirit will teach you, in the same hour, what you must say.”

13And someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”

14But he said to him, “Man, who has appointed me as judge or arbitrator over you?”

15So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”

16Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: “The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops.

17And he thought within himself, saying: ‘What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.’

18And he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods.

19And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods, stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be cheerful.’

20But God said to him: ‘Foolish one, this very night they require your soul of you. To whom, then, will those things belong, which you have prepared?’

21So it is with him who stores up for himself, and is not wealthy with God.”

22And he said to his disciples: “And so I say to you: Do not choose to be anxious about your life, as to what you may eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear.

23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

24Consider the ravens. For they neither sow nor reap; there is no storehouse or barn for them. And yet God pastures them. How much more are you, compared to them?

25But which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?

26Therefore, if you are not capable, in what is so little, why be anxious about the rest?

27Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither work nor weave. But I say to you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these.

28Therefore, if God so clothes the grass, which is in the field today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, how much more you, O little in faith?

29And so, do not choose to inquire as to what you will eat, or what you will drink. And do not choose to be lifted up on high.

30For all these things are sought by the Gentiles of the world. And your Father knows that you have need of these things.

31Yet truly, seek first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you.

32Do not be afraid, little flock; for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.

33Sell what you possess, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses that will not wear out, a treasure that will not fall short, in heaven, where no thief approaches, and no moth corrupts.

34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands.

36And let you yourselves be like men awaiting their lord, when he will return from the wedding; so that, when he arrives and knocks, they may open to him promptly.

37Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he returns, will find being vigilant. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, while he, continuing on, will minister to them.

38And if he will return in the second watch, or if in the third watch, and if he will find them to be so: then blessed are those servants.

39But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.

40You also must be prepared. For the Son of man will return at an hour that you will not realize.”

41Then Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?”

42So the Lord said: “Who do you think is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his family, in order to give them their measure of wheat in due time?

43Blessed is that servant if, when his Lord will return, he will find him acting in this manner.

44Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over all that he possesses.

45But if that servant will have said in his heart, ‘My Lord has made a delay in his return,’ and if he has begun to strike the men and women servants, and to eat and drink, and to be inebriated,

46then the Lord of that servant will return on a day which he hoped not, and at an hour which he knew not. And he will separate him, and he will place his portion with that of the unfaithful.

47And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.

48Yet he who did not know, and who acted in a way that deserves a beating, will be beaten fewer times. So then, of all to whom much has been given, much will be required. And of those to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be asked.

49I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?

50And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!

51Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three.

53A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his 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.”

54And he also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising from the setting of the sun, immediately you say, ‘A rain cloud is coming.’ And so it does.

55And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be hot.’ And so it is.

56You hypocrites! You discern the face of the heavens, and of the earth, yet how is it that you do not discern this time?

57And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?

58So, when you are going with your adversary to the ruler, while you are on the way, make an effort to be freed from him, lest perhaps he may lead you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison.

59I tell you, you will not depart from there, until you have paid the very last coin.”