1 U nder these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “ Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

2 B ut there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

3 A ccordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

4 “ I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do.

`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

5 B ut I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

6 A re not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

7 I ndeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

8 “ And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

`And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

9 b ut he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

10 A nd everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.

and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

11 W hen they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

12 f or the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” Covetousness Denounced

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth to say.'

13 S omeone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.”

And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

14 B ut He said to him, “ Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

15 T hen He said to them, “ Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

16 A nd He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

17 A nd he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

18 T hen he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

19 A nd I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

20 B ut God said to him, ‘ You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

21 S o is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

so he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

22 A nd He said to His disciples, “ For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

23 F or life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

24 C onsider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

25 A nd which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

26 I f then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters?

If, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

27 C onsider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

28 B ut if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith!

and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

29 A nd do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

`And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

30 F or all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.

for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

31 B ut seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

32 D o not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

33 “ Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

34 F or where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Be in Readiness

for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.

35 “ Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit.

`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

36 B e like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

37 B lessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

38 W hether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find so, happy are those servants.

39 “ But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

`And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

40 Y ou too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect.”

and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

41 P eter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

42 A nd the Lord said, “ Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time?

And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

43 B lessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

44 T ruly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.

45 B ut if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk;

`And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

46 t he master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

47 A nd that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

`And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

48 b ut the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more. Christ Divides Men

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

49 “ I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

50 B ut I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

51 D o you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

52 f or from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;

53 T hey will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

54 A nd He was also saying to the crowds, “ When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.

And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

55 A nd when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.

and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

56 Y ou hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time?

hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time -- how do ye not make proof of ?

57 “ And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

58 F or while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

59 I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'