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In
the
meantime
, a crowd
of many thousands had gathered, so that they were
trampling
one
another.
Jesus
began to speak
first
to
His disciples :
“
Beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Meanwhile
, when
a multitude
of many thousands had gathered together
, so much
so
that they trampled
on
each
other,
he
began to tell
his disciples first
of
all,
"
Beware of the yeast
of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
There is nothing concealed
that will not be disclosed
, and
nothing
hidden that will not be made
known.
But
there is nothing covered
up,
that will not be revealed
, nor
hidden ,
that will not be known.
What
you have spoken
in the dark
will be heard in the daylight,
and
what you have whispered
in the inner rooms
will be proclaimed from
the housetops.
Therefore
whatever
you have said
in the darkness
will be heard in the light.
What you have spoken
in the ear
in
the
inner chambers
will be proclaimed on
the housetops.
I tell you, My friends, do
not
be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can
do
no more.
"
I tell you, my friends, don't
be afraid of those who kill the body ,
and after that have
no more that
they
can
do
.
But I will show
you whom you should fear :
Fear the
One
who
, after you
have
been
killed, has authority
to throw
you
into hell
. Yes, I tell you, fear Him !
But I will warn
you whom you should fear .
Fear him
, who
after he
has
killed, has power
to cast
into Gehenna
. Yes, I tell you, fear him .
Are
not
five sparrows sold for two pennies
? Yet
not one of them is forgotten by God.
"Aren't
five sparrows sold for two assaria
coins
? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
And
even
the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So
do
not
be afraid ;
you are worth
more than many sparrows.
But
the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore
don't
be afraid .
You are of
more value
than many sparrows.
I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will
also confess him
before the angels of God .
"
I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him
will
the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God ;
But whoever
denies Me before
men will be denied before
the angels of God.
but he
who
denies me in
the
presence
of
men will be denied in
the presence
of
the
angels of God.
And
everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever
blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those
who
blaspheme
against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
When you are
brought
before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do
not
worry
about
how to
defend
yourselves
or what to
say .
When they
bring
you before the
synagogues, the
rulers, and the
authorities, don't
be
anxious
how or what you
will
answer,
or
what
you
will
say ;
For at
that
time
the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should
say. ”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in
that
same
hour
what you must
say. "
Someone
in
the crowd
said to Him, “
Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. ”
One
of
the multitude
said to him, "
Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. "
But Jesus
replied
, “
Man, who appointed
Me judge or executor
between
you? ”
But he
said
to
him
, "
Man, who made
me a
judge or an
arbitrator
over
you? "
And
He said to them, “Watch
out
! Guard
yourselves against
every
form
of
greed
, for one’s
life does
not
consist in
the abundance of his
possessions
. ”
He said to them, "Beware
! Keep
yourselves from
covetousness
, for a
man's
life doesn't
consist of
the abundance of the
things
which
he
possesses
. "
Then
He told
them
a parable :
“
The ground of a certain rich man produced
an
abundance
.
He spoke
a parable to
them,
saying,
"
The ground of a certain rich man brought
forth
abundantly
.
So
he thought
to
himself, ‘
What shall
I do, since
I have nowhere
to store my crops? ’
He reasoned
within
himself, saying,
'
What will
I do, because
I don't
have room
to store my crops? '
Then
he said, ‘
This is what I will do :
I will tear
down my barns and will
build bigger ones, and there I will store up
all my grain and my goods.
He said, '
This is what I will do .
I will pull
down my barns ,
and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Then
I will say
to
myself
, “
You have plenty
of
good
things
laid up for many years. Take it
easy.
Eat, drink, and
be merry !”’
I will tell
my
soul
, "Soul,
you have many
goods
laid up for many years. Take your
ease,
eat, drink, be merry ."'
But God said to him, ‘
You fool!
This
very
night
your life
will
be
required of you. Then
who
will
own
what
you have accumulated
? ’
"
But God said to him, '
You foolish
one,
tonight
your soul
is
required of you. The
things
which
you have prepared--whose
will
they
be
? '
This
is how
it
will
be
for
anyone
who stores
up treasure for himself but
is not rich toward God. ”
So
is he
who lays
up treasure for himself ,
and
is not rich toward God. "
Then
Jesus
said to His disciples, “
Therefore I tell you, do
not
worry
about
your life, what you will eat, or
about
your body, what you will wear.
He
said to his disciples, "
Therefore I tell you, don't
be
anxious
for
your life, what you will eat, nor
yet
for
your body, what you will wear.
For
life is more than food, and the body more than clothes
.
Life is more than food, and the body is
more than clothing
.
Consider the ravens: They do
not
sow or
reap, they have no storehouse
or barn ;
yet
God feeds them. How much more valuable you
are than the
birds!
Consider the ravens: they don't
sow ,
they
don't
reap, they have no warehouse
or barn ,
and
God feeds them. How much more valuable are you
than birds!
Who
of you by worrying
can add a single
hour
to his life
?
Which
of you by being
anxious
can add a cubit
to his height
?
So
if you cannot
do such
a
small
thing
, why do
you worry
about the rest?
If then
you aren't
able
to
do even
the
least
things
, why are
you anxious
about the rest?
Consider how
the lilies grow :
They do not
labor
or
spin .
Yet I tell you, not
even Solomon in all his glory was adorned
like one of these.
Consider the lilies ,
how
they
grow .
They don't
toil,
neither
do they
spin ;
yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed
like one of these.
If that
is how God clothes the grass of
the field, which is
here
today and tomorrow is thrown
into the furnace
, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith !
But
if this
is how God clothes the grass in
the field, which today exists,
and tomorrow is cast
into the oven
, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith ?
And
do
not
be
concerned
about
what you will eat or drink .
Do
not
worry
about
it
.
Don't
seek
what you will eat or what
you
will
drink ;
neither
be
anxious
.
For the Gentiles
of the world strive
after all these things, and
your Father knows that you need them
.
For the nations
of the world seek
after all of
these things, but
your Father knows that you need these
things
.
But seek His
kingdom, and these things will be added unto
you.
But seek God's
Kingdom, and all
these things will be added to
you.
Do
not
be afraid, little flock, for your
Father
is pleased
to give you the kingdom.
Don't
be afraid, little flock, for it
is your
Father's
good
pleasure
to give you the Kingdom.
Sell your
possessions
and give to the poor
. Provide
yourselves with
purses that
will
not
wear
out
, an
inexhaustible
treasure in heaven
, where no thief approaches and
no
moth destroys.
Sell that
which
you
have,
and give gifts
to the needy
. Make
for
yourselves purses which
don't
grow
old
, a
treasure in the
heavens
that
doesn't
fail
, where no thief approaches ,
neither
moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will
be also.
For where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also.
Be dressed
for
service
and keep
your lamps burning.
"Let
your
loins
be girded
and your lamps burning.
Then
you
will
be like servants
waiting
for their master
to
return
from the wedding
banquet,
so
that when he comes and knocks, they can
open the
door
for
him at
once
.
Be like men
watching
for their lord,
when
he
returns
from the marriage
feast;
that ,
when he comes and knocks, they may
immediately
open to
him.
Blessed are those servants whom the master
finds
on
watch
when he returns
. Truly
I tell you, he will dress himself to
serve
and will
have
them recline at
the
table
, and he
himself
will come and wait
on
them.
Blessed are those servants ,
whom the lord
will
find
watching
when he comes
. Most
assuredly
I tell you, that
he will dress himself ,
and make
them recline, and will come and serve
them.
Even
if he comes in the second or third watch of
the
night
and finds them alert,
those
servants
will
be
blessed
.
They
will
be
blessed
if he comes in the second or third watch ,
and finds them so
.
But understand
this :
If the homeowner
had known at
what hour the thief was coming, he would not
have let
his house be broken into.
But know
this ,
that
if the master
of
the
house
had known in
what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched,
and
not
allowed
his house to
be broken into.
You
also
must
be ready, because
the Son of Man will
come
at
an hour you do
not
expect. ”
Therefore
be ready also
, for
the Son of Man is
coming
in
an hour that
you don't
expect him
. "
“Lord,”
said
Peter, “
are You addressing
this parable to us, or to everyone
else
as
well
? ”
Peter said
to
him
, "Lord,
are you telling
this parable to us, or to everybody
? "
And
the Lord answered
, “
Who then is the faithful and wise manager
, whom the
master
puts
in
charge
of
his servants
to give them their portion at the proper
time
?
The Lord said
, "
Who then is the faithful and wise steward
, whom his lord
will
set
over
his
household,
to give them their portion of
food
at the right
times
?
Blessed is that servant whose
master
finds
him
doing so when he returns
.
Blessed is that servant whom
his
lord
will
find
doing so when he comes
.
Truly I tell you, he will put
him in
charge
of
all his
possessions
.
Truly I tell you, that
he will set
him over
all that
he
has
.
But suppose
that servant says in his heart, ‘
My master
will
be
a
long
time
in
coming, ’
and he
begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get
drunk.
But if
that servant says in his heart, '
My lord
delays
his
coming, '
and begins to beat the menservants and the
maidservants, and to eat and drink ,
and to
be
drunken,
The master
of that servant will come on
a day he does
not
expect
and at
an hour he
does
not
anticipate.
Then
he will cut him to
pieces
and assign
him
a
place with the unbelievers
.
then
the lord
of that servant will come in
a day when
he isn't
expecting
him,
and in
an hour that
he doesn't
know,
and
will cut him in
two,
and place his
portion
with the unfaithful
.
That servant who knows
his master’s
will but
does
not
get
ready
or
follow
his
instructions
will be beaten with many blows.
That servant ,
who knew
his lord's
will ,
and
didn't
prepare,
nor
do
what
he
wanted,
will be beaten with many stripes,
But the
one
who unknowingly
does
things worthy of punishment
will be beaten with few blows
. From
everyone
who
has
been
given
much, much
will be required; and from
him
who
has
been
entrusted
with
much, even
more will be demanded
.
but he
who didn't
know,
and
did
things worthy of stripes,
will be beaten with few stripes
. To
whoever
much is
given
, of
him
will much
be required; and to
whom
much was
entrusted
, of
him
more will be asked
.
I have
come
to ignite
a
fire on the earth ,
and
how
I wish it were already kindled !
"
I came
to throw
fire on the earth .
I wish it were already kindled .
But I have a baptism to undergo
, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
But I have a baptism to be
baptized
with
, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to bring
peace to
the earth? No,
I tell you, but division.
Do you think that I have come to give
peace in
the earth? I tell you, no,
but rather
division.
From now on, five in one household
will
be
divided, three against two and two against three.
For
from now on, there
will
be
five in one house
divided, three against two ,
and two against three.
They will be divided, father against son and son against father ,
mother against daughter and daughter against mother ,
mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. ”
They will be divided, father against son ,
and son against father ;
mother against daughter ,
and daughter against her
mother ;
mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law ,
and daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law. "
Then
Jesus
said to the crowds
, “As
soon
as
you see a cloud rising in
the west, you say, ‘
A shower is coming, ’
and that
is
what
happens.
He
said to the multitudes
also
, "When
you see a cloud rising from
the west, immediately
you say, '
A shower is coming, '
and so
it
happens.
And
when the
south wind blows, you say, ‘It
will be hot
, ’
and it is
.
When a
south wind blows, you say, 'There
will be a
scorching
heat
, '
and it happens
.
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky .
Why
don’t
you
know
how to
interpret the
present
time?
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the
sky ,
but
how is
it
that
you
don't
interpret this
time?
And
why don’t
you judge for yourselves what is right?
Why don't
you judge for yourselves what is right?
Make
every
effort
to
reconcile
with your adversary while
you
are
on your
way to the
magistrate.
Otherwise
, he may
drag you off
to the judge, and the judge may
hand
you over
to the officer, and the officer may
throw you into prison.
For
when
you
are
going
with your adversary before
the
magistrate,
try
diligently
on the
way to be
released
from
him
, lest
perhaps
he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver
you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
I tell you, you will not
get out until you have paid the very last penny. ”
I tell you, you will by
no
means
get out of
there,
until you have paid the very last penny. "
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