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Luke 12:1¹Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:1 1 Cor 5:7-8 Jas 3:17 1 Cor 15:3 Luke 12:56 Mark 8:15-21 Matt 16:6-12 2 Kgs 7:17 Job 20:5 Job 27:8

Luke 12:2²Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 4:22 Luke 8:17 2 Cor 5:10 Eccl 12:14 Matt 10:26-33 1 Cor 4:5 Rom 2:16 Rev 20:11-12

Luke 12:3³So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:27 Eccl 10:20 Matt 12:36 Eccl 10:12-13 Job 24:14-15 Jude 1:14-15

Luke 12:4⁴“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:28 Jer 1:8 Phil 1:28 Rev 2:10 1 Pet 3:14 Isa 51:7-13 Acts 20:24 Dan 3:16-17 Ezek 2:6 Jas 2:23

Luke 12:5⁵But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 2:4 Matt 10:28 Rev 14:7 Ps 9:17 Heb 10:31 1 Thess 4:6 Jer 5:22 Matt 25:41 Prov 14:26 Rev 20:14

Luke 12:6⁶Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:24 Ps 145:15-16 Ps 147:9 Matt 10:29 Ps 50:10-11 Ps 113:5-6 Luke 12:27

Luke 12:7⁷In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:30-31 Matt 6:26 Isa 43:3-4 2 Sam 14:11 Luke 21:18 1 Sam 14:45 Acts 27:34 Ps 8:6 Matt 12:12

Luke 12:8⁸“I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:32-33 1 John 2:23 Rom 10:9-10 2 Tim 2:12 Luke 15:10 Rev 2:13 Rev 3:4-5 Rev 2:10 Jude 1:24-25 1 Sam 2:30

Luke 12:9⁹But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:12 Mark 8:38 Luke 9:26 Matt 10:33 Matt 7:23 Rev 3:8 1 John 2:23 Matt 25:12 Luke 13:26-27 Matt 25:41

Luke 12:10¹⁰And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 12:31-32 1 John 5:16 1 Tim 1:13 Heb 6:4-8 Mark 3:28-30 Heb 10:26-31 Luke 23:34

Luke 12:11¹¹But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:17-20 Acts 4:5-7 Luke 12:22 Luke 21:12-14 Mark 13:9-11 Matt 23:34 Acts 6:9-15 Acts 5:27-32

Luke 12:12¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:15 Matt 10:20 Acts 4:8 Acts 6:10 Exod 4:11 Acts 7:55 Acts 7:2-53 Acts 26:1-32

Luke 12:13¹³Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 6:5 Luke 6:45 Ezek 33:31 Acts 8:18-19 Ps 17:14

Luke 12:14¹⁴But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 2:3 Rom 9:20 Exod 2:14 John 6:15 Rom 2:1 John 18:35-36 John 8:11 Luke 5:20 Mic 6:8 Luke 22:58

Luke 12:15¹⁵Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 13:5 1 Tim 6:6-10 Ps 119:36-37 Prov 15:16 Prov 16:16 Matt 6:25-26 Eccl 5:10-16 Luke 16:14 Luke 8:14 2 Tim 3:2

Luke 12:16¹⁶He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 26:12-14 Gen 41:47-49 Hos 2:8 Job 12:6 Ps 73:12 Ps 73:3 Acts 14:17 Matt 5:45

Luke 12:17¹⁷so he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 5:42 Isa 58:7 2 Cor 9:6-15 Rom 12:13 1 John 3:16 Acts 16:30 Luke 11:41 Luke 16:9 Luke 18:22 Luke 19:17

Luke 12:18¹⁸Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 3:15 Jas 4:15 Luke 12:21 Luke 18:6 Luke 18:4 Ps 17:14

Luke 12:19¹⁹And I will say to myself, “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 27:1 Jas 4:13-15 1 Cor 15:32 Matt 6:19-21 Eccl 11:9 Isa 5:11 Phil 3:19 Jas 5:5 Prov 18:11 Ps 62:10

Luke 12:20²⁰But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 27:8 Jer 17:11 1 Tim 6:7 Ps 39:6 Jas 4:14 Job 27:16-17 Ps 49:17-19 Luke 16:22-23 Ps 52:5-7 1 Thess 5:3

Luke 12:21²¹So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:19-20 Luke 12:33 Jas 2:5 Jas 5:1-3 1 Tim 6:18-19 Rev 2:9 Hab 2:9 Hos 10:1 Luke 16:11 Luke 6:24

Luke 12:22²²Then 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:25-34 Phil 4:6 Heb 13:5 1 Cor 7:32 Luke 12:29

Luke 12:23²³For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:6 Prov 13:8 Job 2:4 Acts 27:18-19 Job 1:12 Gen 19:17 Acts 27:38

Luke 12:24²⁴Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:7 Matt 10:31 Ps 147:9 Job 38:41 Ps 145:15-16 Job 35:11 1 Kgs 17:1-6 Luke 12:30-32

Luke 12:25²⁵And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:27 Matt 5:36

Luke 12:26²⁶So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:7 Eccl 7:13 Ps 39:6

Luke 12:27²⁷Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:28-30 Luke 12:24 1 Kgs 10:1-13 2 Chr 9:1-12 Jas 1:10-11

Luke 12:28²⁸And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:6 Matt 14:31 1 Pet 1:24 Matt 17:20 Matt 6:30 Matt 16:8 Matt 17:17 Luke 8:25 Matt 8:26

Luke 12:29²⁹So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:22 Matt 6:31 Luke 22:35 Luke 10:7-8

Luke 12:30³⁰For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:32 Matt 6:8 Eph 4:17 Luke 12:32 1 Pet 4:2-4 1 Thess 4:5 Matt 18:14 Matt 10:20 Matt 5:47 John 20:17

Luke 12:31³¹Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 6:33 Heb 13:5 Ps 34:9 1 Kgs 3:11-13 John 6:27 1 Tim 4:8 Ps 84:11 Ps 37:25 Ps 37:3 Rom 8:31

Luke 12:32³²“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 12:28 1 Pet 1:3-5 Rev 1:6 Phil 2:13 Luke 10:21 Matt 25:34 Isa 40:11 Rom 8:28-32 2 Thess 1:11 2 Pet 1:11

Luke 12:33³³Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out—a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 19:21 Acts 4:34-35 Acts 2:45 Luke 18:22 Matt 6:19-21 Luke 16:9 Luke 12:21 1 Tim 6:17-19 Hag 1:6 2 Cor 8:2

Luke 12:34³⁴For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Col 3:1-3 Matt 6:21 Phil 3:20

Luke 12:35³⁵“Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning;Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:13 Eph 6:14 Matt 25:4-10 Isa 5:27 Matt 25:1 Matt 5:16 Isa 11:5 Phil 2:15 Prov 31:17 1 Kgs 18:46

Luke 12:36³⁶be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jude 1:20-21 Jas 5:7-8 Lam 3:25-26 Rev 3:20 Isa 64:4 Mark 13:34-37 Matt 25:1-13 Gen 49:18 Luke 2:25-30 Matt 22:1-14

Luke 12:37³⁷Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:14 Matt 24:42 John 13:4-5 1 Cor 2:9 John 12:26 Matt 24:45-47 2 Pet 1:11 Luke 12:43 Phil 1:23 1 Pet 5:1-4

Luke 12:38³⁸Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:4-5 Matt 25:6

Luke 12:39³⁹But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Pet 3:10 Rev 3:3 Rev 16:15 Matt 24:43-44 1 Thess 5:2-3 Matt 6:19

Luke 12:40⁴⁰You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 5:6 Matt 25:13 Matt 24:44 Rom 13:11 2 Pet 3:12-14 Rev 19:7 Mark 13:33-36 Matt 24:42 Luke 21:34-36 Rom 13:14

Luke 12:41⁴¹Then Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 13:37 1 Pet 4:7 Mark 14:37

Luke 12:42⁴²The Lord replied, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:45-46 1 Cor 4:1-2 1 Pet 4:10 1 Pet 5:1-4 Heb 13:17 2 Tim 4:2 Acts 20:28 Luke 19:15-19 1 Tim 5:17 Ezek 34:3

Luke 12:43⁴³Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Luke 12:44⁴⁴I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:29-30 Dan 12:2-3 Luke 19:17-19 Matt 24:47 Rev 3:18

Luke 12:45⁴⁵But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master is delayed in returning,’ and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:48-50 Ezek 34:8 Jer 20:2 Rev 18:7-8 1 Thess 5:7 2 Cor 11:20 2 Pet 2:13 2 Pet 2:19 2 Pet 2:3-4 3 John 1:9-10

Luke 12:46⁴⁶then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:40 Ps 11:5 Rev 16:15 Luke 12:19-20 Matt 13:41-42 Matt 13:49-50 Matt 24:51 Ps 37:9 Ps 94:14 Job 20:29

Luke 12:47⁴⁷That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 4:17 John 9:41 John 12:48 John 15:22-24 Deut 25:2-3 Acts 17:30 Num 15:30-31 2 Cor 2:15-16 John 19:11 Luke 10:12-15

Luke 12:48⁴⁸But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 3:1 Lev 5:17 Luke 16:10-12 Matt 25:14-29 John 15:22 Matt 13:12 1 Tim 1:13 Rom 2:12-16 1 Tim 1:11 Acts 17:30

Luke 12:49⁴⁹“I have come to bring fire on the earth—and how I wish it were already kindled!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mal 4:1 Luke 12:51-52 Mal 3:2-3 Matt 3:10-12 Isa 11:4 Joel 2:30-31 John 9:4 John 12:17-19 Luke 13:31-33 John 11:8-10

Luke 12:50⁵⁰I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 12:27-28 John 19:30 John 4:34 John 7:6-8 Mark 10:32-38 Matt 20:17-22 Ps 40:8 Acts 20:22 John 10:39-41 John 18:11

Luke 12:51⁵¹Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:34-36 Luke 12:49 Matt 24:7-10 Zech 11:10-11 Zech 11:14 Zech 11:7-8

Luke 12:52⁵²For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 14:1-4 John 15:18-21 Mic 7:5-6 Acts 28:24 John 10:19-21 John 16:2 John 9:16 Acts 13:43-46 Ps 41:9 John 7:41-43

Luke 12:53⁵³They 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mic 7:6 Matt 10:21-22 Matt 24:10 Zech 13:2-6

Luke 12:54⁵⁴Jesus also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and it does.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:2-4 1 Kgs 18:44-45

Luke 12:55⁵⁵And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and there is.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 20:12 Job 37:17

Luke 12:56⁵⁶You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:3 Matt 24:32-33 Matt 11:25 1 Chr 12:32 Luke 19:42-44 Dan 9:24-26 Gal 4:4 Mal 4:2 Hag 2:7 Mal 3:1

Luke 12:57⁵⁷“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 7:24 Deut 32:29 1 Cor 11:14 Acts 13:26-38 Acts 2:40 Luke 21:30 Matt 21:32

Luke 12:58⁵⁸As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 5:23-26 Isa 55:6 Job 23:7 Luke 13:24-28 Prov 25:8-9 1 Sam 25:18-35 2 Cor 6:2 Gen 32:3-28 Heb 3:7-13 Job 22:21

Luke 12:59⁵⁹I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:42 Matt 18:34 2 Thess 1:3 Matt 25:41 Matt 25:46 Luke 16:26

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