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Be not therefore afraid; ye are of more worth than many sparrows.<Fr><p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Confessing Christ<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/10.htm#32">Matthew 10:32–33</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><FR>But I say unto you, Whosoever shall own me before men, the Son of man will also own him before the angels of God.<Fr> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><FR>But he, that disowneth me before men, shall be disowned before the angels of God.<Fr> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><FR>And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it may be forgiven him; but unto him, that blasphemeth the holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.<Fr> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><FR>And when they bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and powers, be not solicitous how or what defence to make, or what to say:<Fr> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><FR>for the holy Spirit shall teach you at that very time what ye ought to say.<Fr><p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of the Rich Fool<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And one among the multitude said to Him, Master, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me: but He said unto him, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><FR>Man, who set me over you <Fr><i>as</i><FR> a judge or divider?<Fr> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He said unto them, <FR>See <Fr><i>to it</i><FR> that ye beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.<Fr> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And He spake a parable to them, saying, <FR>The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:<Fr> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><FR>and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not <Fr><i>room</i><FR> to lay up my corn.<Fr> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><FR>And he said, This I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger <Fr><i>ones;</i><FR> and there I will bestow all my products and my goods.<Fr> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><FR>And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast plenty of goods laid up for many years, take <Fr><i>thine</i><FR> ease, eat, drink, <Fr><i>and</i><FR> be merry.<Fr> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><FR>But God said unto him, <Fr><i>Thou</i><FR> fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee; <Fr><i>then</i><FR> whose shall those <Fr><i>things</i><FR> be which thou hast provided?<Fr> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><FR>So is <Fr><i>he</i><FR> that heapeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.<Fr><p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Worry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/6.htm#25">Matthew 6:25–34</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And He said to his disciples, <FR>Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on:<Fr> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><FR>the life is more than food, and the body than raiment.<Fr> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><FR>Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap; they have neither store-house nor barn, and <Fr><i>yet</i><FR> God feedeth them: how much more worth are ye than the fowls?<Fr> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><FR>And which of you by all his thought can add one moment to his life?<Fr> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><FR>If then ye cannot do even the lest, why are ye <Fr><i>so</i><FR> anxious about the rest?<Fr> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><FR>Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I tell you, <Fr><i>that</i><FR> even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.<Fr> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><FR>Now if God so clothe the grass which is to day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the furnace, how much more <Fr><i>will He clothe</i><FR> you, O ye of little faith?<Fr> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><FR>And seek ye not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; neither be ye in <Fr><i>careful</i><FR> suspense:<Fr> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><FR>for all these <Fr><i>things</i><FR> the nations of the world seek after; but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these <Fr><i>things.</i> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><FR>Seek ye therefore the kingdom of God, and all these shall be super-added unto you.<Fr> <A name="33"></a><p class="hdg">Treasures in Heaven<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/6.htm#19">Matthew 6:19–21</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><FR>Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's pleasure to give you the kingdom.<Fr><p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><FR>Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a never-failing treasure in the heavens, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth:<Fr> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><FR>for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.<Fr><p> <A name="36"></a><p class="hdg">Readiness at Any Hour<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/24.htm#36">Matthew 24:36–51</a>; <a href ="../mark/13.htm#32">Mark 13:32–37</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><FR>Let your loins be girt, and <Fr><i>your</i><FR> lights burning, and<Fr> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><FR>ye <Fr><i>yourselves</i><FR> like men waiting for their lord's return from a wedding, that they may immediately open <Fr><i>the door</i><FR> to him, when he comes and knocks.<Fr> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><FR>Happy <Fr><i>are</i><FR> those servants, whom the master when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down, and will come and serve them.<Fr> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><FR>And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find <Fr><i>them</i><FR> so, happy <Fr><i>indeed</i><FR> are those servants.<Fr><p> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><FR>And this <Fr><i>ye</i><FR> know, that if the master of a house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broke open:<Fr> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><FR>therefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh at a season that ye think not of.<Fr><p> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Then said Peter unto Him, Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us <i>only,</i> or to all <i>others</i> likewise? <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And the Lord said, <FR>Who is indeed that faithful and wise steward, whom <Fr><i>his</i><FR> master will set over his family to give <Fr><i>out</i><FR> the measure of food in <Fr><i>due</i><FR> season?<Fr> <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><FR>Happy <Fr><i>is</i><FR> that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.<Fr> <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><FR>Verily I tell you, that he will set him over all that he hath.<Fr> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><FR>But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and drink, and to be drunken:<Fr> <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><FR>the lord of that servant will come on a day in which he does not expect <Fr><i>him,</i><FR> and at a time which he is not aware of; and will cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful.<Fr> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><FR>And that servant, who knew his master's will, and did not prepare <Fr><i>himself</i><FR> to do according to his will, shall be beaten with many <Fr><i>stripes;</i> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><FR>but he that knew <Fr><i>it</i><FR> not, and did <Fr><i>things</i><FR> deserving stripes, shall be beaten with few: for to whomsoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom <Fr><i>men</i><FR> have committed much, of him they will demand <Fr><i>the</i><FR> more.<Fr><p> <A name="50"></a><p class="hdg">Not Peace but Division<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../micah/7.htm">Micah 7:1–6</a>; <a href ="../matthew/10.htm#34">Matthew 10:34–39</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><FR>I am come to send fire on the earth, and how do I desire that it were already kindled?<Fr> <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><FR>for I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am straitened till it be accomplished?<Fr> <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><FR>Do ye think that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, nay; but rather division.<Fr> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><FR>For from this time there shall be five in one family divided, three against two and two against three:<Fr> <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><FR>the father will be 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.<Fr><p> <A name="55"></a><p class="hdg">Interpreting the Present Time<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/16.htm">Matthew 16:1–4</a>; <a href ="../mark/8.htm#11">Mark 8:11–13</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>He said also to the people, <FR>When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye presently say, there is a shower coming, and so it proves:<Fr> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><FR>and when <Fr><i>ye observe</i><FR> the south-wind blowing, ye say there will be heat, and it cometh to pass.<Fr> <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><i>Ye</i><FR> hypocrites, ye know <Fr><i>how</i><FR> to discern the face of the earth and of the heavens, and why do ye not discern the present time?<Fr><p> <A name="58"></a><p class="hdg">Reconciling with an Adversary<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/5.htm#21">Matthew 5:21–26</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><FR>and why do ye not even of yourselves judge <Fr><i>what is</i><FR> right?<Fr> <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><FR>When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, endeavour <Fr><i>while thou art</i><FR> in the way to be discharged, least he force thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer carry thee to prison.<Fr> <span class="reftext"><a href="/luke/12-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span><FR>I tell thee, thou shalt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.<Fr><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../luke/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Luke 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Luke 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../luke/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Luke 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Luke 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>