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yes, I say to you,</span> <span class="woj">fear Him!</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Are not five sparrows sold for two</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span><span class="woj">copper coins? And</span> <span class="woj">not one of them is forgotten before God.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="woj">But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.</span></span></p> <h3> Confess Christ Before Men</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-8"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me</span> <span class="woj">before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woj">But he who</span> <span class="woj">denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="woj">“And</span> <span class="woj">anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should say.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woj">For the Holy Spirit will</span> <span class="woj">teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”</span></span></p> <h3> The Parable of the Rich Fool</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-13"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But He said to him, <span class="woj">“Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He said to them, <span class="woj">“Take heed and beware of</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span><span class="woj">covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: <span class="woj">“The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="woj">And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woj">So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="woj">And I will say to my soul,</span> <span class="woj">“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease;</span> <span class="woj">eat, drink, <i>and</i> be merry.” ’</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woj">But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night</span> <span class="woj">your soul will be required of you;</span> <span class="woj">then whose will those things be which you have provided?’</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="woj">“So <i>is</i> he who lays up treasure for himself,</span> <span class="woj">and is not rich toward God.”</span></span></p> <h3> Do Not Worry</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-22"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then He said to His disciples, <span class="woj">“Therefore I say to you,</span> <span class="woj">do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="woj">Life is more than food, and the body <i>is more</i> than clothing.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="woj">Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and</span> <span class="woj">God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woj">And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woj">If you then are not able to do <i>the</i> least, why</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span><span class="woj">are you anxious for the rest?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woj">Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even</span> <span class="woj">Solomon in all his glory was not</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span><span class="woj">arrayed like one of these.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="woj">If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more <i>will He clothe</i> you, O <i>you</i> of</span> <span class="woj">little faith?</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="woj">“And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="woj">For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father</span> <span class="woj">knows that you need these things.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="woj">But seek</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span><span class="woj">the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Do not fear, little flock, for</span> <span class="woj">it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="woj">Sell what you have and give</span> <span class="woj">alms;</span> <span class="woj">provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="woj">For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</span></span></p> <h3> The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-35"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Let your waist be girded and</span> <span class="woj"><i>your</i> lamps burning;</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="woj">and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="woj">Blessed <i>are</i> those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down <i>to eat,</i> and will come and serve them.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="woj">And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find <i>them</i> so, blessed are those servants.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="woj">But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span><span class="woj">have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="woj">Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”</span></span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable <i>only</i> to us, or to all <i>people?</i>”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And the Lord said, <span class="woj">“Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom <i>his</i> master will make ruler over his household, to give <i>them their</i> portion of food</span> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span><span class="woj">in due season?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span><span class="woj">Blessed <i>is</i> that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span><span class="woj">Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="woj">But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span><span class="woj">the master of that servant will come on a</span> <span class="woj">day when he is not looking for <i>him,</i> and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint <i>him</i> his portion with the unbelievers.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span><span class="woj">And</span> <span class="woj">that servant who</span> <span class="woj">knew his master’s will, and did not prepare <i>himself</i> or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many <i>stripes.</i></span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="woj">But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.</span></span></p> <h3> Christ Brings Division</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-49"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span><span class="woj">“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span><span class="woj">But</span> <span class="woj">I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is</span> <span class="woj">accomplished!</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span><span class="woj">Do <i>you</i> suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all,</span> <span class="woj">but rather division.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span><span class="woj">For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span><span class="woj">Father will be divided 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 her mother-in-law.”</span></span></p> <h3> Discern the Time</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-54"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>Then He also said to the multitudes, <span class="woj">“Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span><span class="woj">And when <i>you see</i> the</span> <span class="woj">south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span><span class="woj">Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how <i>is it</i> you do not discern</span> <span class="woj">this time?</span></span></p> <h3> Make Peace with Your Adversary</span></h3><p><span class="text Luke-12-57"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span><span class="woj">“Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span><span class="woj">When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort</span> <span class="woj">along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.</span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/12-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span><span class="woj">I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”</span></span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-25461a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:1">Luke 12:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>yeast</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25466b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:6">Luke 12:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Gr. <i>assarion,</i> a coin worth about 1?16 of a denarius</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25475c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:15">Luke 12:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>all covetousness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25486d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:26">Luke 12:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>do you worry</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25487e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:27">Luke 12:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>clothed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25491f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:31">Luke 12:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>His kingdom, and these things</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25499g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:39">Luke 12:39</span> <span class='footnote-text'>NU <i>not have allowed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-25502h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Luke 12:42">Luke 12:42</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>at the right time</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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