Luke 12

¹In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 2:11 Cor 5:7-8Jas 3:171 Cor 15:3Luke 12:56Mark 8:15-21Matt 16:6-122 Kgs 7:17Job 20:5Job 27:8

²For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mark 4:22Luke 8:172 Cor 5:10Eccl 12:14Matt 10:26-331 Cor 4:5Rom 2:16Rev 20:11-12

³Therefore 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:27Eccl 10:20Matt 12:36Eccl 10:12-13Job 24:14-15Jude 1:14-15

⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:28Jer 1:8Phil 1:28Rev 2:101 Pet 3:14Isa 51:7-13Acts 20:24Dan 3:16-17Ezek 2:6Jas 2:23

⁵But 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Pet 2:4Matt 10:28Rev 14:7Ps 9:17Heb 10:311 Thess 4:6Jer 5:22Matt 25:41Prov 14:26Rev 20:14

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:24Ps 145:15-16Ps 147:9Matt 10:29Ps 50:10-11Ps 113:5-6Luke 12:27

⁷But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:30-31Matt 6:26Isa 43:3-42 Sam 14:11Luke 21:181 Sam 14:45Acts 27:34Ps 8:6Matt 12:12

⁸Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:32-331 John 2:23Rom 10:9-102 Tim 2:12Luke 15:10Rev 2:13Rev 3:4-5Rev 2:10Jude 1:24-251 Sam 2:30

⁹But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Tim 2:12Mark 8:38Luke 9:26Matt 10:33Matt 7:23Rev 3:81 John 2:23Matt 25:12Luke 13:26-27Matt 25:41

¹⁰And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 12:31-321 John 5:161 Tim 1:13Heb 6:4-8Mark 3:28-30Heb 10:26-31Luke 23:34

¹¹And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:17-20Acts 4:5-7Luke 12:22Luke 21:12-14Mark 13:9-11Matt 23:34Acts 6:9-15Acts 5:27-32

¹²For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 21:15Matt 10:20Acts 4:8Acts 6:10Exod 4:11Acts 7:55Acts 7:2-53Acts 26:1-32

¹³And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Tim 6:5Luke 6:45Ezek 33:31Acts 8:18-19Ps 17:14

¹⁴And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rom 2:3Rom 9:20Exod 2:14John 6:15Rom 2:1John 18:35-36John 8:11Luke 5:20Mic 6:8Luke 22:58

¹⁵And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 13:51 Tim 6:6-10Ps 119:36-37Prov 15:16Prov 16:16Matt 6:25-26Eccl 5:10-16Luke 16:14Luke 8:142 Tim 3:2

¹⁶And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 26:12-14Gen 41:47-49Hos 2:8Job 12:6Ps 73:12Ps 73:3Acts 14:17Matt 5:45

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 5:42Isa 58:72 Cor 9:6-15Rom 12:131 John 3:16Acts 16:30Luke 11:41Luke 16:9Luke 18:22Luke 19:17

¹⁸And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jas 3:15Jas 4:15Luke 12:21Luke 18:6Luke 18:4Ps 17:14

¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 27:1Jas 4:13-151 Cor 15:32Matt 6:19-21Eccl 11:9Isa 5:11Phil 3:19Jas 5:5Prov 18:11Ps 62:10

²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 27:8Jer 17:111 Tim 6:7Ps 39:6Jas 4:14Job 27:16-17Ps 49:17-19Luke 16:22-23Ps 52:5-71 Thess 5:3

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:19-20Luke 12:33Jas 2:5Jas 5:1-31 Tim 6:18-19Rev 2:9Hab 2:9Hos 10:1Luke 16:11Luke 6:24

²²And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:25-34Phil 4:6Heb 13:51 Cor 7:32Luke 12:29

²³The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Job 2:6Prov 13:8Job 2:4Acts 27:18-19Job 1:12Gen 19:17Acts 27:38

²⁴Consider 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:7Matt 10:31Ps 147:9Job 38:41Ps 145:15-16Job 35:111 Kgs 17:1-6Luke 12:30-32

²⁵And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:27Matt 5:36

²⁶If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 5:7Eccl 7:13Ps 39:6

²⁷Consider 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:28-30Luke 12:241 Kgs 10:1-132 Chr 9:1-12Jas 1:10-11

²⁸If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 40:6Matt 14:311 Pet 1:24Matt 17:20Matt 6:30Matt 16:8Matt 17:17Luke 8:25Matt 8:26

²⁹And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:22Matt 6:31Luke 22:35Luke 10:7-8

³⁰For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:32Matt 6:8Eph 4:17Luke 12:321 Pet 4:2-41 Thess 4:5Matt 18:14Matt 10:20Matt 5:47John 20:17

³¹But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 6:33Heb 13:5Ps 34:91 Kgs 3:11-13John 6:271 Tim 4:8Ps 84:11Ps 37:25Ps 37:3Rom 8:31

³²Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Heb 12:281 Pet 1:3-5Rev 1:6Phil 2:13Luke 10:21Matt 25:34Isa 40:11Rom 8:28-322 Thess 1:112 Pet 1:11

³³Sell 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 19:21Acts 4:34-35Acts 2:45Luke 18:22Matt 6:19-21Luke 16:9Luke 12:211 Tim 6:17-19Hag 1:62 Cor 8:2

³⁴For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Col 3:1-3Matt 6:21Phil 3:20

³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Pet 1:13Eph 6:14Matt 25:4-10Isa 5:27Matt 25:1Matt 5:16Isa 11:5Phil 2:15Prov 31:171 Kgs 18:46

³⁶And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jude 1:20-21Jas 5:7-8Lam 3:25-26Rev 3:20Isa 64:4Mark 13:34-37Matt 25:1-13Gen 49:18Luke 2:25-30Matt 22:1-14

³⁷Blessed are 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Pet 3:14Matt 24:42John 13:4-51 Cor 2:9John 12:26Matt 24:45-472 Pet 1:11Luke 12:43Phil 1:231 Pet 5:1-4

³⁸And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:4-5Matt 25:6

³⁹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Pet 3:10Rev 3:3Rev 16:15Matt 24:43-441 Thess 5:2-3Matt 6:19

⁴⁰Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Thess 5:6Matt 25:13Matt 24:44Rom 13:112 Pet 3:12-14Rev 19:7Mark 13:33-36Matt 24:42Luke 21:34-36Rom 13:14

⁴¹Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mark 13:371 Pet 4:7Mark 14:37

⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 24:45-461 Cor 4:1-21 Pet 4:101 Pet 5:1-4Heb 13:172 Tim 4:2Acts 20:28Luke 19:15-191 Tim 5:17Ezek 34:3

⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁴⁴Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 22:29-30Dan 12:2-3Luke 19:17-19Matt 24:47Rev 3:18

⁴⁵But 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; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 24:48-50Ezek 34:8Jer 20:2Rev 18:7-81 Thess 5:72 Cor 11:202 Pet 2:132 Pet 2:192 Pet 2:3-43 John 1:9-10

⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 12:40Ps 11:5Rev 16:15Luke 12:19-20Matt 13:41-42Matt 13:49-50Matt 24:51Ps 37:9Ps 94:14Job 20:29

⁴⁷And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jas 4:17John 9:41John 12:48John 15:22-24Deut 25:2-3Acts 17:30Num 15:30-312 Cor 2:15-16John 19:11Luke 10:12-15

⁴⁸But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jas 3:1Lev 5:17Luke 16:10-12Matt 25:14-29John 15:22Matt 13:121 Tim 1:13Rom 2:12-161 Tim 1:11Acts 17:30

⁴⁹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mal 4:1Luke 12:51-52Mal 3:2-3Matt 3:10-12Isa 11:4Joel 2:30-31John 9:4John 12:17-19Luke 13:31-33John 11:8-10

⁵⁰But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 12:27-28John 19:30John 4:34John 7:6-8Mark 10:32-38Matt 20:17-22Ps 40:8Acts 20:22John 10:39-41John 18:11

⁵¹Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 10:34-36Luke 12:49Matt 24:7-10Zech 11:10-11Zech 11:14Zech 11:7-8

⁵²For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 14:1-4John 15:18-21Mic 7:5-6Acts 28:24John 10:19-21John 16:2John 9:16Acts 13:43-46Ps 41:9John 7:41-43

⁵³The 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mic 7:6Matt 10:21-22Matt 24:10Zech 13:2-6

⁵⁴And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 16:2-41 Kgs 18:44-45

⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 20:12Job 37:17

⁵⁶Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 16:3Matt 24:32-33Matt 11:251 Chr 12:32Luke 19:42-44Dan 9:24-26Gal 4:4Mal 4:2Hag 2:7Mal 3:1

⁵⁷Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 7:24Deut 32:291 Cor 11:14Acts 13:26-38Acts 2:40Luke 21:30Matt 21:32

⁵⁸When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Matt 5:23-26Isa 55:6Job 23:7Luke 13:24-28Prov 25:8-91 Sam 25:18-352 Cor 6:2Gen 32:3-28Heb 3:7-13Job 22:21

⁵⁹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mark 12:42Matt 18:342 Thess 1:3Matt 25:41Matt 25:46Luke 16:26