Luke 12:6-35

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and not one of them is forgotten before God.

⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁸And I say to you, Every one that acknowledgeth me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God.

⁹But he that hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

¹⁰And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that hath blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

¹¹And when they bring you to the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, be not anxious as to how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

¹²for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

¹³And one from the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

¹⁶And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do? for I have not where to store my crops.

¹⁸And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods;

¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

²⁰But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

²²And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for the life, what ye shall eat; nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³The life is more than its food, and the body than its raiment.

²⁴Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them. Of how much greater value are ye than the birds!

²⁵And who of you can by anxious thought add a cubit to his life?

²⁶If then ye cannot do even that which is least, why are ye anxious about the rest?

²⁷Consider the lilies, that they neither spin nor weave; and yet I say to you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

²⁸But if God so clothes the herbage in the field, which is to-day, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith!

²⁹And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink; and be not of a doubtful mind.

³⁰For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

³¹But rather seek his kingdom, and these things will also be given you.

³²Fear not, little flock! for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³³Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.

³⁴For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;