1 In the meantime,tch. 11:29 when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, uMatt. 16:6, 11, 12; Mark 8:15 “Beware ofv1 Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9 the leaven of the Pharisees,wMatt. 23:28; Mark 12:15 which is hypocrisy. 2 xch. 8:17; Mark 4:22; [1 Tim. 5:25]; For ver. 2-9, see Matt. 10:26-33 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered inyMatt. 6:6 private rooms shall be proclaimed onzSee ch. 5:19 the housetops.
4 I tell you, my friends,aIsa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14 do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear himbJames 4:12 who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Andc[Ps. 50:11] not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 Why,dSee 1 Sam. 14:45 even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not;eMatt. 6:26; 12:12 you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 And I tell you,f[Rom. 10:9, 10; Heb. 10:35; Rev. 3:5] everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledgeg[ch. 15:10; Matt. 25:31; 1 Tim. 5:21; Rev. 3:5] before the angels of God, 9 buth2 Tim. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38] the one who denies me before menich. 13:25; Matt. 7:23; 25:12 will be deniedg[See ver. 8 above] before the angels of God. 10 Andj[Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26; 1 John 5:16] everyone who speaks a wordkMatt. 11:19; John 7:12; 9:24 against the Son of Manl1 Tim. 1:12, 13 will be forgiven, but the one whom[Acts 7:51; Heb. 10:29] blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 nMatt. 10:17, 19; [ch. 21:12, 14; Mark 13:11] And when theyoSee Matt. 23:34 bring you before the synagogues andpTitus 3:1 the rulers andpTitus 3:1 the authorities,qSee ver. 22 do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, 12 rSee Matt. 10:19, 20 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say. ”
13 sch. 11:27 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. ” 14 But he said to him, tMic. 6:8; Rom. 2:1, 3; 9:20 “Man,u[Ex. 2:14; Acts 7:27] who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? ” 15 And he said to them, v1 Tim. 6:6-11; [Heb. 13:5] “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. ” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, w[Ps. 49:16-20] “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself,x[Eccles. 5:10] ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops? ’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down myyver. 24 barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid upz[Prov. 27:1; James 4:13-15] for many years; relax,aEccles. 2:24; 11:9; 1 Cor. 15:32; [ch. 15:23] eat, drink, be merry. ’ 20 But God said to him,bJer. 17:11; [Matt. 16:26] ‘Fool!z[See ver. 19 above] This nightcJob 27:8 your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared,dPs. 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Eccles. 2:18, 21] whose will they be? ’ 21 So is the oneeMatt. 6:19, 20 who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. ”
22 And he said to his disciples, fFor ver. 22-31, see Matt. 6:25-33 “Therefore I tell you,gver. 11; ch. 10:41; Matt. 10:19; 13:22 (Gk.); 1 Cor. 7:32 (Gk.); Phil. 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:7 do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 h[Job 38:41; Ps. 147:9] Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them.iSee ver. 7 Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to hisjch. 2:52 (Gk.) span of life?1Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you,k1 Kgs. 10:4-7 even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you,lMatt. 8:26; 14:31; 16:8; [ch. 17:6] O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, norm[James 1:6] be worried. 30 FornMatt. 6:8 all the nations of the world seek after these things, andnMatt. 6:8 your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead,o[Matt. 5:6, 20] seekpch. 11:2 his kingdom,q[1 Kgs. 3:11-14; Mark 10:29, 30; 1 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 3:9] and these things will be added to you.
32 rIsa. 41:14; 44:2 Fear not, littlesIsa. 40:11; Matt. 26:31; John 10:16; 21:15-17; Acts 20:28, 29; 1 Pet. 5:2, 3 flock, fort[ch. 10:21; Matt. 11:26; Eph. 1:5, 9; Phil. 2:13] it is your Father's good pleasure to give youuch. 22:29; See Matt. 13:19 the kingdom. 33 vSee Matt. 19:21 Sell your possessions, andwch. 11:41 give to the needy.x[ch. 16:9] Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, withyMatt. 6:20; [ver. 21; 1 Pet. 1:4] a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 zMatt. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 aEph. 6:14; 1 Pet. 1:13 Stay dressed for action andb[Matt. 25:7] keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who arecSee 2 Pet. 3:12 waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes anddRev. 3:20 knocks. 37 eSee Matt. 24:42, 46 Blessed are those servants whom the master findseSee Matt. 24:42, 46 awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you,fJohn 13:4; [ver. 35; ch. 17:8] he will dress himself for service andg[ch. 22:27] have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 hFor ver. 39-46, [Matt. 24:43-51] But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what houri[1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 3:3] the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must bejver. 47; Matt. 25:10 ready, forkch. 21:27 the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. ”
41 Peter said, “Lord,l[Mark 13:37] are you telling this parable for us or for all? ” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then ismSee Matt. 24:45 the faithful andmSee Matt. 24:45 wisench. 16:1 manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 oJohn 13:17; Rev. 16:15 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you,pMatt. 25:21, 23 he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My masterqMatt. 25:5; [Heb. 10:37; 2 Pet. 3:4, 9] is delayed in coming, ’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink andr1 Thess. 5:7 get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will comes2 Pet. 3:12; [ver. 40] on a day when he does not expect him ands2 Pet. 3:12; [ver. 40] at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 t[Matt. 11:24; John 15:22, 24] And that servant whou[James 4:17; 2 Pet. 2:21] knew his master's will butvver. 40 did not get readyu[James 4:17; 2 Pet. 2:21] or act according to his will, will receive aw[Deut. 25:2, 3] severe beating. 48 xLev. 5:17; [Num. 15:29, 30] But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating,yRom. 1:19, 20; 2:14, 15; [1 Tim. 1:13] will receive a light beating.z[Matt. 25:29]; See Matt. 13:12 Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
49 a[Matt. 3:11] I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 bMark 10:38 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and howc2 Cor. 5:14 (Gk.) great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51 dFor ver. 51-53, see Matt. 10:34, 35 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth?e[Rev. 6:4] No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided,fMatt. 10:21; [Mic. 7:6] father 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 mother-in-law. ”
54 He also said to the crowds, g[Matt. 16:2, 3] “When you seeh1 Kgs. 18:43, 44 a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming. ’ And so it happens. 55 Andg[See ver. 54 above] when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will beiSee Matt. 20:12 scorching heat, ’ and it happens. 56 You hypocrites!jMatt. 16:3 You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
57 And whykch. 21:30 do you not judgelJohn 7:24; 1 Cor. 11:13 for yourselves what is right? 58 mMatt. 5:25, 26; [Prov. 25:8] As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. 59 I tell you,n[Matt. 18:34, 35] you will never get out until you have paid the very lastoch. 21:2; Mark 12:42 penny. ”