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neither hid, that shall not be known.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and <i>unto</i> magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, <i>and</i> be merry.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But God said unto him, <i>Thou</i> fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So <i>is</i> he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The life is more than meat, and the body <i>is more</i> than raiment.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more <i>will he clothe</i> you, O ye of little faith?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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, O you of little faith!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Let your loins be girded about, and <i>your</i> lights burning;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and be like men who are 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 and knocks.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Blessed <i>are</i> those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find <i>them</i> so, blessed are those servants.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom <i>his</i> lord shall make ruler over his household, to give <i>them their</i> portion of meat in due season?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Blessed <i>is</i> that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for <i>him</i>, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="btext2">the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not <i>himself</i>, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many <i>stripes</i>.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few <i>stripes</i>. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the 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.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="btext2">They will be divided, 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.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span><span class="btext2">He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And when <i>ye see</i> the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><span class="btext1"><i>Ye</i> hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, <i>as thou art</i> in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">King James Bible, text courtesy of <a href="http://bibleprotector.com/">BibleProtector.com</a>.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. 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