1 I n the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say 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 F or there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.

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

3 T herefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops. Jesus Teaches the Fear of God

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 “ And 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 show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to 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 “ Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And 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 B ut the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Confess Christ Before Men

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

8 “ Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess 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 “ And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.

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 “ Now when they bring you to the synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you should 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.” The Parable of the Rich Fool

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

13 T hen one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the 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 made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

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

15 A nd He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

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

16 T hen He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

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

17 A nd he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room 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 S o he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops 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; 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, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

`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 “ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Do Not Worry

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

22 T hen He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, 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 L ife is more than food, and the body is 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, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you 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 one cubit to his stature?

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

26 I f you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

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; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 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 I f then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you 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 “ And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

`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 seek after, and 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 the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

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

32 “ Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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

33 S ell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches 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. The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant

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

35 “ Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning;

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

36 a nd you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

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 servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve 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 A nd if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

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 B ut know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not 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 T herefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

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

41 T hen Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people? ”

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 that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

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 servant whom his master will find 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 make him ruler over all that he has.

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

45 B ut if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be 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 servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion 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 servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

`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 he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more. Christ Brings Division

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 came to send fire on 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 be baptized with, and how distressed I am till 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 give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, 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 in one house 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 F ather will be divided 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.” Discern the Time

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 T hen He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.

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 the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.

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

56 H ypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time? Make Peace with Your Adversary

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 “ Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

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

58 W hen you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you 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 tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

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