KJ3 Literal Translation
Luke 12
1 Christ preaches to his disciples to avoid hypocrisy: 13 warns the people to beware of covetousness. 36 We must be ready at a knock to open to our Lord.
1At which time the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so as to trample on one another, He began to say to His disciples first, Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2But there is nothing which has been completely concealed which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not be known.
3Therefore, as many things as you said in the darkness will be heard in the light; and whatever you spoke in the ear in the secret rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4But I say to you, My friends, stop being afraid of the ones killing the body, and after these things not having anything more they can do.
5But I will warn you whom you should fear; fear the One who after killing has authority to cast into hell ; yea, I say to you, Fear that One!
6Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And not one of them has been forgotten before God.
7But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered. Therefore stop being afraid; you differ from many sparrows.
8But I say to you, Everyone who may confess Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
9But the one denying Me before man shall be denied before the angels of God.
10And everyone who shall say a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but the one blaspheming against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
11But when they bring you in before synagogues and rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall reply, or what you should say;
12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in the same hour what you must say.
13And one from the crowd said to Him, Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
14But He said to him, Man, who appointed Me a judge or a divider over you?
15And He said to them, Beware, and be on guard from covetousness; for one’s life is not in the abundance of the things belonging of him.
16And He spoke a parable to them, saying of a man, The land of a certain rich man produced well.
17And he reasoned within himself, saying, What should I do, for I have nowhere I may gather my fruits?
18And he said, I will do this; I will tear down my storehouses and I will build larger; and I will gather there all my produce and my goods.
19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take rest, eat, drink, and be glad.
20But God said to him, Fool! This night they demand your soul from you; and that which you prepared, to whom will it be?
21So is he treasuring up for himself, and not being rich toward God.
22And He said to His disciples, Because of this I say to you, Do not be anxious as to your life, what you should eat; nor as to the body, what you should put on.
23The life is more than food and the body than clothing.
24Consider the ravens, for they do not sow, nor do they reap; to which there is no storeroom nor storehouse, and God feeds them. How much rather you differ from the birds!
25And who of you by being anxious is able to add one cubit to his stature?
26Then if you are not able to do even the least, why are you anxious about the rest?
27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not labor, nor do they spin, but I say to you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
28But if God so dresses the grass, which today being in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more you, little-faiths?
29And you, do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, and stop being in anxiety.
30For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need these things.
31But seek the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you.
32Do not fear, little flock, because your Father was pleased to give you the kingdom.
33Sell the things belonging of you and give merciful gifts. Make for yourselves purses that do not grow old, an unfailing treasure in Heaven, where a thief cannot come near, nor moth can ruin.
34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35Let your loins be girded about, and the lamps burning,
36and you be like men awaiting their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, so that he coming and knocking, they will at once open to him.
37Blessed are those slaves whom the lord will find awake when he comes. Truly I say to you that he will gird himself and will make them recline, and coming near he will serve them.
38And if he comes in the second watch, or he comes in the third watch, and finds it so, blessed are those slaves.
39But know this, that if the housemaster had known in what hour the thief is coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.
40And therefore you be ready, for in which hour you think not the Son of man comes.
41And Peter said to Him, Lord, do You speak this parable to us, or also to all?
42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward whom the lord will appoint over his service, to give the portion of food in season?
43Blessed is that slave when his lord comes and will find him so doing.
44Truly I say to you, He will set him over all things belonging of him.
45But if that slave should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and should begin to beat the men servants and the female servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk,
46the lord of that slave will come in the day in which he does not expect, and in an hour which he does not know. And He will cut him in two and will put his portion with the unbelievers.
47But that slave knowing the will of his lord, and not preparing, nor doing according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes.
48But he not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few. And everyone given much, much will be demanded from him. And to whom much was committed, more exceedingly they will ask of him.
49I came to hurl fire into the earth, and what will I if it already was kindled?
50But I have an immersion to be immersed in, and how am I pressed until it is finished!
51Think you that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, But rather division.
52For from now on five in one house will have been divided, three against two, and two against three.
53Father will be divided against son, and son against father; mother against the daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against the bride, “and the bride against her mother-in-law.” Mic. 7:6
54And He also said to the crowd, When you see the cloud rising up from the west, you immediately say, A storm is coming; and it happens so.
55And when a south wind is blowing, you say, There will be heat; and it occurs.
56Hypocrites! You know to discern the face of the earth and of the heaven, but how is it you do not discern this time?
57And why do you not judge the right even of yourselves?
58For as you go with your adversary to a magistrate, give pains in the way to be freed from him, that he not drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59I say to you, Not you will go out from there, not until you pay back even the last lepton.
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