# Luke 12

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/12

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. When vast crowds had gathered—so much that they trampled one another—he began telling his disciples first: "Guard yourselves from the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
2. But nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, nor anything secret that will not be made known.
3. Therefore whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the storerooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4. I say to you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and afterward cannot do anything more.
5. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the one who after killing has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear him.
6. Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them has been forgotten before God.
7. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear—you are worth more than many sparrows.
8. I tell you, everyone who confesses me before people, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
9. But whoever denies me before people will be denied before the angels of God.
10. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. When they bring you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry how or what you will answer or what you will say.
12. For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what you must say.
13. Someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14. But he said to him, "Man, who appointed me judge or divider over you?"
15. He said to them, "Watch and guard yourselves from all greed, because one's life is not in the abundance of the possessions he has."
16. He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded abundantly."
17. And he considered within himself, saying, "What will I do, because I have nowhere to gather my crops?"
18. And he said, "This I will do: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all the grain and my goods."
19. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years; rest, eat, drink, rejoice."
20. But God said to him, “Fool, this night they demand your soul from you; and what you prepared—to whom will it belong?”
21. So is the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
22. He said to his disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life—what you will eat—nor your body—what you will wear."
23. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
24. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have no storeroom or barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds!
25. And which of you by worry can add a cubit to his stature?
26. If then you are not able even for the least thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27. Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither labor nor spin, yet I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.
28. But if God clothes the grass in the field—which exists today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven—how much more does he clothe you, you of little faith?
29. And you, do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, nor be anxious.
30. For all these things the nations of the world seek, but your Father knows that you need them.
31. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
32. Do not fear, little flock, because your Father was pleased to give you the kingdom.
33. Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves purses that do not decay, a treasure in the heavens that never fails, where no thief draws near nor moth destroys.
34. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35. Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.
36. You yourselves be like people expecting their own master when he returns from the weddings, so that when he comes and knocks, they open to him immediately.
37. Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Truly I tell you that he will gird himself and have them recline and come and serve them.
38. Even if he comes in the second or even the third watch and finds them so, blessed are those.
39. But know this: if the householder had known what hour the thief comes, he would not have allowed his house to be broken through.
40. You also be ready, for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.
41. Peter said, "Lord, are you directing this parable to us, or even to all?"
42. And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will appoint over his household to give them the food ration at the proper time?"
43. Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing thus when he comes.
44. Indeed, I say to you, he will appoint him over all his possessions.
45. But if that servant says in his heart, “My lord is slow to come,” and begins beating the male servants and maidservants, and eating and drinking and getting drunk,
46. The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in two and assign his portion with the unfaithful.
47. That servant who knew his lord's will, yet neither prepared nor acted according to it, will be beaten with many blows.
48. But the one who did not know, yet did things deserving lashes, will be beaten with few lashes. Everyone to whom much was given will have much required of him, and those who entrusted much to him will demand even more of him.
49. I came to cast fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled.
50. But I have a baptism into which to be baptized, and how pressed I am until it is finished!
51. Do you suppose that I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
52. For from now on five will be divided in one house, three against two and two against three.
53. They 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 her mother-in-law.
54. He said to the crowds also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, you say immediately, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens."
55. And when a south wind blows, you say, "Scorching heat is coming," and it happens.
56. Hypocrites, you know how to discern the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how do you fail to discern this time?
57. But why do you not even judge for yourselves what is right?
58. For as you go with your adversary to the ruler, make every effort on the way to be released from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59. I tell you, you will not get out from there until you pay even the last mite.

## Nearby chapters

[Luke 11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/11.md)
[Luke 13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/luke/13.md)

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