Luke 12:9-47

⁹But hee that shall denie mee before men, shall be denied before the Angels of God.

¹⁰And whosoeuer shall speake a woorde against the Sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but vnto him, that shall blaspheme ye holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen.

¹¹And when they shall bring you vnto the Synagogues, and vnto the rulers and Princes, take no thought howe, or what thing ye shall answere, or what yee shall speake.

¹²For the holy Ghost shall teache you in the same houre, what yee ought to say.

¹³And one of the companie said vnto him, Master, bidde my brother deuide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴And he said vnto him, Man, who made me a iudge, or a deuider ouer you?

¹⁵Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

¹⁶And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

¹⁷Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

¹⁸And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.

¹⁹And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laide vp for many yeeres: liue at ease, eate, drinke and take thy pastime.

²⁰But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule from thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

²¹So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

²²And he spake vnto his disciples, Therefore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate: neither for your body, what yee shall put on.

²³The life is more then meate: and the body more then the raiment.

²⁴Consider the rauens: for they neither sowe nor reape: which neither haue storehouse nor barne, and yet God feedeth them: how much more are yee better then foules?

²⁵And which of you with taking thought, can adde to his stature one cubite?

²⁶If yee then bee not able to doe the least thing, why take yee thought for the remnant?

²⁷Consider the lilies howe they growe: they labour not, neither spin they: yet I say vnto you, that Salomon himselfe in all his royaltie was not clothed like one of these.

²⁸If then God so clothe the grasse which is to day in the field, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, howe much more will he clothe you, O yee of litle faith?

²⁹Therefore aske not what yee shall eate, or what ye shall drinke, neither hag you in suspense.

³⁰For all such things the people of the world seeke for: and your Father knoweth that ye haue neede of these things.

³¹But rather seeke ye after the kingdome of God, and all these things shalbe cast vpon you.

³²Feare not, litle flocke: for it is your Fathers pleasure, to giue you the kingdome.

³³Sell that ye haue, and giue almes: make you bagges, which waxe not old, a treasure that can neuer faile in heauen, where no theefe commeth, neither mothe corrupteth.

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

³⁵Let your loynes be gird about and your lights burning,

³⁶And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their master, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediatly.

³⁷Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.

³⁸And if he come in the seconde watch, or come in the third watch, and shall finde them so, blessed are those seruants.

³⁹Nowe vnderstand this, that if the good man of the house had knowen at what houre the theefe would haue come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be digged through.

⁴⁰Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

⁴¹Then Peter saide vnto him, Master, tellest thou this parable vnto vs, or euen to all?

⁴²And the Lord saide, Who is a faithfull steward and wise, whom the master shall make ruler ouer his householde, to giue them their portion of meate in season?

⁴³Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

⁴⁴Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.

⁴⁵But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken,

⁴⁶The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

⁴⁷And that seruant that knewe his masters will, and prepared not himselfe, neither did according to his will, shalbe beaten with many stripes.