Luke 12

Luke 12:1

• [Translation pending]

Luke 12:2

• “Nothing
• Nothing
• Everything that

• is

• covered up, that
• covered up that
• concealed that
• covered up
• covered that
• hidden
• hidden that

• will
• will not

• be shown, and everything that is

• hidden that
• secret
• secret that
• hidden

• will
• wo
• will not

• not
• be
• n’t

• be known;
• be known.
• made known.
• be made known.
• become known.
• known.

Luke 12:3

• Therefore, whatever you
• Therefore whatever you
• What you
• Whatever you
• So then, whatever you
• So then whatever you

• have said in the
• say in the

• dark
• darkness

• will
• shall

• be

• heard in the
• told in the
• heard in

• light. And what
• light, and what
• light; and what
• light. What
• daylight, and what
• light, and whatever

• you

• have whispered in
• have whispered behind
• whisper in a
• have whispered in the

• closed
• private
• inner

• rooms
• doors,
• doors
• room

• will
• shall

• be

• proclaimed on the
• shouted from the
• proclaimed from the
• proclaimed upon the

• house-tops.
• housetops.
• rooftops.
• top of the house.”

Luke 12:4

• I
• “I
• “And I
• ‘And I
• And I
• Then Jesus said to the people, “I

• tell
• say to

• you
• you,

• my
• My

• friends, do

• not be
• n’t be
• not

• afraid of those who kill the

• body and after that
• body, and after that

• have no

• more that
• more

• they can

• do;
• do.
• do?
• do no more.

Luke 12:5

• I
• But I

• will
• ’ll

• show
• warn
• tell

• you whom you

• should
• must

• fear.
• fear:

• Fear
• fear
• Fear the

• Him who, after
• him, who after
• him who, after
• one who, after

• He
• he

• has killed,

• has
• has the

• authority to
• power to

• cast into
• throw into

• hell! Yes,
• hell. Yes,
• hell; yes,
• Gehenna. Yes,
• Gehenna; yes,

• I

• tell
• say to

• you, fear

• him.
• Him!
• him!

Luke 12:6

• Are
• “Are
• ‘Are

• not five
• n’t five

• sparrows sold for two

• pennies? And
• copper coins? And

• not one of them

• is
• has

• forgotten before
• forgotten in
• forgotten by
• overlooked by
• forgotten in the

• God,
• God.
• sight of God.

Luke 12:7

• Even the
• But even the
• but even the
• But the very
• Indeed, the very
• In fact, even the

• hairs of
• hairs on

• your head

• are all
• have all been

• numbered!
• numbered.
• counted.

• Do
• So do

• n’t
• not

• be

• afraid;
• afraid.
• afraid!
• afraid:

• you
• You

• are worth

• more than
• much more than

• many

• sparrows.’
• sparrows.
• sparrows!
• birds.

Luke 12:8

• ’I
• I
• “I
• “And I
• ‘And I
• And I
• “Also, I
• “Also I

• tell
• say to

• you, everyone who

• acknowledges
• confesses

• Me before
• me before

• men, the
• others, the
• others the

• Son of

• Man
• man

• will
• will also
• also will

• acknowledge before the
• confess before the

• angels of

• God,
• God.
• God:
• God;

Luke 12:9

• But he who denies
• but he who denies
• But the one who denies
• but the one who denies
• But whoever denies
• but whoever denies
• But he who disowns
• but he who disowns

• Me before
• me before
• me
• me,

• men
• others

• will be

• denied before the
• denied before
• disowned before the

• angels of God.

Luke 12:10

• [Translation pending]

Luke 12:11

• “When they
• ‘When they
• When they
• ‘When men
• “When men
• ‘And when they
• And when they
• Whenever they
• But when they

• bring
• take

• you before the
• you before
• you into the
• you to the

• synagogues and the
• synagogues, and the
• synagogues and
• synagogues, the
• synagogues,
• synagogues before the
• synagogues and before

• rulers and the
• rulers, and the
• rulers and
• rulers, and
• leaders and
• magistrates and

• authorities,
• other important men,

• do

• not
• n’t

• worry about how
• be anxious how or what
• worry about how or what

• you

• will
• should
• are to

• defend yourselves or what you are to

• say,
• say?
• say;
• say.
• say:

Luke 12:12

• for the Holy
• For the holy

• Spirit will

• teach
• tell

• you at that
• you in that
• you at the

• very hour what
• time what
• moment what
• same hour what

• you
• it is

• should
• must
• ought to
• necessary to

• say.
• say.”
• say.’

Luke 12:13

• Someone in the crowd
• Someone from the crowd
• A man in the crowd
• One of the men in the crowd
• One of the multitude

• said to

• Him, “
• him, “
• Him,
• Jesus, “

• Teacher,
• Master,

• tell
• order

• my brother to

• divide the
• share the

• inheritance with
• family inheritance with
• family property with

• me.
• me.”
• me.’
• me!”

Luke 12:14

• Jesus
• But he
• But He
• But Jesus
• He

• said to
• replied, “
• replied, ‘
• said, ‘
• said

• him, ‘Man, who
• him: “Man, who
• him, “Man, who
• him, “Friend, who
• Friend, who
• Man, who

• appointed
• made
• set

• Me a
• me a

• judge or
• judge or an
• judge or a
• judge or to

• arbitrator over
• divider over
• arbiter between
• arbitrator between

• you?
• you?”
• you?’
• you two?”

Luke 12:15

• Then he
• Then He
• And he
• And He
• Then Jesus
• He

• said to
• said to the

• them, ‘
• them, “

• Watch out and be on guard against all types of

• greed, because one
• greed because one

• ’s life

• does
• is

• not
• n’t

• consist in the

• abundance of
• abundance of the

• his
• things he

• possessions.”
• possesses.”

Luke 12:16

• Then he
• Then He
• And he
• And He
• Then Jesus

• told them a parable,

• saying: “The
• saying, The
• saying, “The

• land of a
• ground of a

• rich
• certain rich

• man
• man whose land

• produced a
• produced
• was very
• yielded
• yielded an

• good crop.
• plentifully.
• plentifully,
• plentifully;
• abundant harvest.
• good crops.
• abundantly.

Luke 12:17

• He
• and he
• And he
• The rich man

• thought to
• said to
• reasoned within

• himself: “What
• himself ‘What
• himself, “What
• himself, What
• himself, ‘What
• himself, saying, What
• himself, saying, ‘What

• shall
• will
• should
• am

• I
• I to

• do?
• do? For
• do, for
• do, since
• do, because

• I

• have no
• have
• don’t have

• place to
• room to
• nowhere to

• store
• keep all

• my

• crops!
• crops.”
• crops?
• crops?’
• crops.’
• harvest?’
• harvest!
• fruits?

Luke 12:18

• “Then he
• Then he
• and he
• And he
• He
• So he

• said, ‘This is what
• said, “This is what
• said, ‘
• said,

• I

• will
• ’ll

• do:
• do,
• do.
• do this:

• I

• will
• ’ll

• tear down
• pull down

• my

• barns and
• barns, and
• storehouses and

• build

• bigger ones, and there
• larger ones; and there
• larger ones, and there
• bigger ones!
• bigger ones.
• bigger ones, where

• I

• will
• can

• store all
• put all

• my grain and

• my
• other
• my other

• goods,
• goods
• goods.

Luke 12:19

• And I
• and I
• Then I
• I

• will
• ’ll
• shall
• can

• say to

• myself,
• myself, ‘
• myself, “

• You
• I

• have

• plenty of
• many

• good things
• goods

• laid up for
• stored up for

• many

• years,
• years.
• years;
• years to

• Relax,
• relax,
• take your ease;
• Take your ease,
• take your ease,

• eat,

• drink and
• drink, and
• drink,

• enjoy yourself. ”’

Luke 12:20

• But God
• “But God

• said to him, ‘Fool! This night your

• life
• soul

• will be
• is
• is being

• demanded of
• required of
• demanded from

• you, and the
• you. And the
• you; and the

• things
• things which

• you have prepared—whose will

• they
• it

• be?’

Luke 12:21

• so is
• “So is
• So is
• So is the
• “This is how it will be for
• This is how it will be for
• So it is with the
• So it

• one who
• anyone who
• he who
• man who
• is with those who

• stores up
• store up
• lays up
• stores

• treasure for
• things for
• riches for
• treasures for

• himself, and
• himself and
• himself, but
• himself but
• themselves, but
• themselves but
• themselves and

• is
• are

• not
• n’t

• rich toward

• God.
• God.”
• God!”
• God.’

Luke 12:22

• And he
• And He
• Then Jesus
• Jesus
• He
• Then he
• Then He

• said to

• his
• His

• disciples,
• disciples: “
• disciples, “
• disciples, “For this

• Therefore
• Therefore,
• reason

• I

• tell
• say to

• you,

• Do
• do
• Be

• not
• n’t
• not to

• worry about
• be anxious about
• be anxious for
• anxious for

• your

• life, what
• life and what

• you

• will
• shall

• eat; or about
• eat, or about
• eat, nor about

• your

• body—what
• body, what
• body and what

• you

• will
• shall

• wear.
• put on.
• put on;

Luke 12:23

• Life
• For life

• is

• more than
• more than the

• food, and the

• body than
• body than the

• clothing!
• clothing.
• clothes.

Luke 12:24

• Consider the
• Look at the
• ‘Think of the
• Think of the
• Think about the
• “Think about the

• ravens.
• ravens:
• birds.
• crows!
• crows.
• crows:

• they
• They

• do

• n’t
• not

• sow nor
• sow or
• plant or

• reap;
• harvest,
• harvest.

• they
• They

• don’t

• have
• have a

• storeroom or a

• barn; and
• barn, and
• barn; yet

• God

• feeds
• takes care of

• them!
• them.
• them. And

• you
• You

• are worth

• much
• so much

• more than
• more than the

• birds?
• birds.
• birds!

Luke 12:25

• And which of you by
• Which of you by
• “Which of you by

• worrying
• being anxious

• can

• add a
• add an
• add any

• single hour to
• hour to
• cubit to
• single moment to
• time to

• your
• his

• life?
• span of life?
• life by worrying about it.
• height?
• life by worrying?

Luke 12:26

• If, then, you
• If then, you
• If then you
• If you
• So if you
• And if you
• And, if you

• ca
• can
• are not
• are

• not
• n’t
• able to

• do
• do such a
• do a

• small
• very little
• little
• even a very little

• thing, why
• things, why
• thing as that, why
• thing like that, why

• worry about the
• are you anxious about the
• do you worry about the
• worry about
• do you worry about

• rest?
• other things?
• big things?

Luke 12:27

• Consider the
• “Consider how the
• Consider how the
• Think how the
• Notice how the
• Look at the
• “Look at the
• “Think about how the
• Look how the

• lilies, how
• flowers
• wild flowers
• wild flowers.
• lilies
• wildflowers

• grow!
• grow:
• grow;
• grow.
• they grow.
• they grow:
• they grow?

• they
• They

• do

• n’t
• not

• work or
• toil nor
• toil or
• labor or

• spin; yet,
• spin, yet
• spin; yet
• spin. Yet
• make clothes for themselves. But
• spin. But
• spin, but
• spin; but
• make

• I

• tell
• say to

• you.
• you,

• Not
• not

• even Solomon in all his

• glory
• splendor
• wealth

• was
• was not

• dressed like one of these.
• arrayed like one of these.
• clothed like one of these!
• clothed like one of these.
• not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:28

• But if God
• If God

• so clothes the

• grass in the
• grass of the

• field, which is

• alive
• here
• living

• today, and
• today and

• tomorrow

• is
• will be

• thrown into the

• oven, how
• furnace, how
• furnace tomorrow, how

• much more will

• He
• he
• God

• clothe
• do for

• you?
• you—
• you,
• you, O

• you of
• you people of

• little

• faith?
• faith!

Luke 12:29

• Do
• And do
• “And do
• And you, do
• And you—do
• So do
• “So do

• not
• n’t
• n’t always

• seek what
• keep striving for what
• think about what

• you

• will
• are to
• should

• eat and what
• eat, and what
• eat, or what
• eat or what

• you

• will
• are to
• should

• drink;
• drink.
• drink, and

• Do
• do

• not
• n’t

• be
• worry about
• keep

• it.
• worrying.
• anxious.

Luke 12:30

• For all the nations of the
• For all these things the nations of the
• All the nations of the

• world seek after these

• things; and
• things, and
• things.
• things, but

• your
• Your

• father
• Father

• knows that
• knows

• you

• need
• need these

• them.
• things.

Luke 12:31

• but, seek
• But seek
• “But seek
• Instead, seek

• his
• His
• God

• kingdom and these
• kingdom, and these

• things

• will
• shall

• be

• given to
• added to
• given
• yours

• you.
• you as well.
• as well.

Luke 12:32

• Do
• ‘Do
• “Do
• So do
• “So do

• not
• n’t

• be afraid,
• fear,

• little

• flock, for
• flock; for
• flock, because
• flock.

• your
• Your

• father
• Father
• Father’s

• good pleasure to
• wants to
• has been pleased to
• is pleased to
• is well pleased to

• give

• you the
• you

• Kingdom.
• kingdom.
• kingdom!

Luke 12:33

• ‘Sell
• Sell
• “Sell
• Sell what

• your
• you

• possessions, and
• possessions and
• have, and
• have and
• belongings and

• give
• give to the
• give the
• give in
• give to those in

• alms.
• poor.
• charity;
• charity.
• money to the poor.
• need.

• make
• Make
• Provide

• purses for
• money-bags for

• yourselves that

• do
• will

• not
• n’t

• wear out, a
• wear out—a

• treasure in
• treasure in the

• heavens that
• heaven that

• will
• does

• never
• not

• fail, where no thief

• comes near and no
• approaches and no

• moth

• destroys.
• destroy it.
• destroy.

Luke 12:34

• For where your
• Your

• treasure

• is, there
• is, there will

• your heart will be

• also.’
• also.
• too.

Luke 12:35

• “Let
• ‘Let

• your

• loins
• waist

• be girded and your

• lamps
• lights

• burning;
• burning.
• burning,
• burning
• lit,
• lit.
• lit;
• shining.
• alight;
• alight.

Luke 12:36

• Be like servants who are waiting for their master to come home from a wedding party. The master comes and

• knocks,
• knocks

• they may
• they can

• immediately open the door for him.

Luke 12:37

• Blessed
• Happy

• are those

• servants whom the
• slaves whom the

• master
• master will

• finds

• awake when
• alert when

• he

• comes;
• comes.

• truly
• Truly
• Truly,
• truly,

• I

• tell
• say to

• you,
• you:
• you, that
• you that
• you the

• He
• he
• truth, he

• will

• dress
• gird

• himself for
• himself to

• service and have them

• recline at the
• recline at
• sit down to

• table, and
• table and
• eat, and

• will come and

• serve
• wait on

• them!
• them.
• them;

Luke 12:38

• If he
• And if he
• Even if he

• comes in the

• second or in the
• second or

• third

• watch, and
• watch and

• finds

• them
• it

• so,
• so

• blessed

• are those
• are

• servants.
• servants!
• slaves.
• slaves!

Luke 12:39

• But know this, that if the
• But understand this: If the
• But understand this, that if the

• master of the
• owner of the
• owner of a

• house had

• known at what
• known what
• known in what

• hour the
• time the
• time a

• thief
• burglar
• robber

• was
• would

• coming
• coming,
• come,

• he would have

• watched and
• watched, and

• not have
• not

• allowed
• left

• his

• house
• house to

• be broken into.

Luke 12:40

• [Translation pending]

Luke 12:41

• Peter
• Then Peter
• “Master,”

• said, ‘
• said,
• said
• said, “
• asked
• asked, “

• Lord,
• Peter, “

• are
• do
• did

• you
• You

• telling this
• tell this
• mean this

• parable for
• parable to
• story for
• story to

• us, or for
• us or for
• us, or to
• us or to
• us, or for all
• us or for all
• us, or to all
• us or to all

• everyone?”
• everyone?’
• people?”
• people?’
• everybody?”

Luke 12:42

• [Translation pending]

Luke 12:43

• Blessed is that

• servant whom
• slave whom

• his master

• will find
• finds

• so doing when he

• comes!
• comes.
• returns.

Luke 12:44

• truly
• Truly
• Truly,

• I

• tell
• say to

• you the
• you, the
• you
• you,
• you, that
• you that

• he
• truth: He
• truth, he
• truth, the master
• truth. The master
• master
• truly, he

• will

• put
• put that
• set
• make
• choose that

• him in charge of all
• servant in charge of all
• servant to take care of

• his
• he
• everything

• possessions.
• has
• has.
• property.
• he owns.
• owns.

Luke 12:45

• But if that servant
• But if that slave
• But suppose the servant
• “But suppose the servant

• says to
• says in
• should say to

• himself ‘
• himself, ‘
• himself, “
• his heart,
• his heart, ‘

• My master

• is
• is taking a
• is taking

• long
• delayed in
• his
• delaying his

• coming,’ and
• time in coming,’ and

• begins to beat the male and female

• servants, and to
• servants and to

• eat and
• eat,

• drink and
• drink, and

• get
• be

• drunk,
• drunk;
• drunk.
• drunk?
• drunk—

Luke 12:46

• the master of that
• The master of that
• then the master of that

• servant
• slave

• will come on a

• day when
• day
• day that

• he
• servant

• does
• is

• not
• n’t

• expect
• expecting
• looking for

• him, and at an
• him and at an

• hour
• hour that
• hour of which

• he

• does
• is

• not
• n’t

• know, and
• know. The master

• will cut

• him in two and
• him in two, and

• assign him his

• place with the
• portion with the
• place among the

• unfaithful.
• unbelievers.

Luke 12:47

• “The servant who
• ‘The servant who
• The servant who
• That servant, who
• That servant who
• And that slave who
• “And that servant who
• And that servant who

• knew
• knew what
• knows what
• knows

• his master

• wanted, but
• wanted but

• did

• not
• n’t

• get
• prepare
• make

• ready or
• himself or

• do,
• do
• act in
• do what

• it
• it,
• accord with his
• according to his
• was

• will
• will shall
• will, shall
• will, will

• be
• receive a
• receive

• many
• severe
• beaten
• punished

• beating.
• severely.
• severely;
• blows!
• blows.
• lashes,
• lashes;
• stripes.
• stripes,

Luke 12:48

• [Translation pending]

Luke 12:49

• ’I
• ‘I
• “I

• came to
• have come to

• bring
• cast
• throw
• set

• fire on the
• fire to the
• fire upon the

• earth; and how
• earth, and how
• earth.
• earth. How
• world.

• I

• wish
• wish that
• wish the

• it
• fire

• were
• had

• already

• kindled.
• kindled!
• kindled?
• burning!
• started!

Luke 12:50

• I
• But I

• have a baptism to

• be baptized with, and how
• undergo, and how
• go

• distressed
• through, and

• I

• am until
• am under until
• feel very troubled until

• it

• is over.
• is over!

Luke 12:51

• Do
• ‘Do
• “Do

• you

• think that
• think
• suppose that
• suppose

• I

• came to
• have come to
• am here to

• bring
• give
• establish
• grant

• peace on
• peace to the
• peace on the
• peace in the
• peace to

• earth? No,
• earth?

• I tell

• you.
• you,
• you, no!
• you, “No”.

• I
• I have

• came to
• have come to

• divide the world!

Luke 12:52

• For from now on there
• For from now on, there
• From now on there

• will be five in one

• household
• household,
• house

• divided, three against two and two against three.
• divided three against two and two against three.
• divided: three against two, and two against three.
• divided, three against two, and two against three.
• divided, three against two and two against three;
• divided: three against two and two against three;

Luke 12:53

• they
• They
• ‘Father
• father
• Father
• a father
• A father

• will be

• divided against
• opposed to

• son and
• son, and
• son,
• his son and a

• son against
• son to

• father,
• father;
• father.

• mother against
• mother to

• daughter and
• daughter, and
• daughter,
• daughter and a

• daughter against
• daughter to

• mother,
• her mother;
• her mother,

• mother-in-law against her

• daughter-in-law, and
• daughter-in-law and
• daughter-in-law and a

• daughter-in-law against

• mother-in-law.”
• mother-in-law. ”’
• mother-in-law.’
• mother-in-law.
• her mother-in-law.
• her mother-in-law.’
• her mother-in-law.”

Luke 12:54

• He
• Jesus

• also said to the

• crowds: “When
• crowds, ‘When
• crowds, “When
• people, ‘When
• people, “When

• you

• see a
• see

• cloud

• rising in the
• coming up in the

• west,
• west

• you say at once, ‘A

• rainstorm
• shower

• is

• coming’; and so
• coming, and so
• coming.’ And so
• coming,’ and so
• going to rain.’ And
• going to rain,’ and
• going to rain,” and
• coming.” And
• coming,’ and
• going to rain’; and so
• going to rain! And so

• it

• does;
• does.
• happens.

Luke 12:55

• And when you see the south
• And when the south
• When the south

• wind

• blowing,
• blows,
• blow from the south,

• you

• say, “There
• say, ‘There

• will

• be
• be a

• scorching
• burning

• hot.’ And
• hot.” And
• hot,” and
• hot!” And
• hot, and
• hot,’ and
• heat,’ and

• it

• is.
• does.

Luke 12:56

• You hypocrites! You know how to

• interpret the
• understand the

• appearance of the
• appearance of

• earth and the
• earth and

• sky; but why
• sky, but why

• do you not know how to interpret the present

• time?
• times.
• times?

Luke 12:57

• Why don’t
• “Why don’t
• Why do you not
• “Why do you not
• ‘Why do you not
• “Why can’t
• “And why do you not
• “And why don’t
• And why don’t

• judge for
• you judge for
• you decide for

• yourselves what is right?

Luke 12:58

• As you
• When you

• are going with
• go with

• your

• adversary to the
• accuser before the

• magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, or he may drag

• you before the
• you to the
• you in
• you off to the

• judge and the
• judge, and the
• judge, the

• judge

• hand
• turn
• deliver

• you over to the
• you to the

• officer, and the
• bailiff, and the
• constable, and the

• officer
• bailiff
• constable

• throw
• will throw
• put

• you into
• you in

• prison.
• jail.

Luke 12:59

• I

• tell
• say to

• you, you

• will
• wo

• not
• n’t
• never

• get out of there until
• get out until
• get out till

• you have paid the last

• penny.’
• penny!”
• penny.”
• cent.”
• cent!”