Luke 12
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Luke 12:16-34

16ThenG1161 He toldG2036G4314 themG846 a parableG3850: “TheG3588 groundG5561 of a certainG5100 richG4145 manG444 produced an abundanceG2164. 17SoG2532 he thoughtG1260 toG1722 himselfG1438, ‘WhatG5101 shall I doG4160, sinceG3754 I haveG2192 nowhereG3756G4226 to storeG4863 myG1473 cropsG2590?’ 18ThenG2532 he saidG2036, ‘ThisG3778 is what I will doG4160: I will tear downG2507 myG1473 barnsG596 andG2532 will buildG3618 biggerG3173 ones, andG2532 thereG1563 I will store upG4863 allG3956 myG1473 grainG4621 andG2532 my goodsG18. 19ThenG2532 I will sayG2046 toG3588 myselfG1473G5590, “YouG5590 haveG2192 plenty ofG4183 good thingsG18 laid upG2749 forG1519 manyG4183 yearsG2094. Take it easyG373. EatG5315, drinkG4095, and be merryG2165!”’

20ButG1161 GodG2316 saidG2036 to himG846, ‘You foolG878! ThisG3778 veryG3588 nightG3571 yourG4771 lifeG5590 will be requiredG523 ofG575 youG4771. ThenG1161 whoG5101 will ownG1510 whatG3739 you have accumulatedG2090?’

21This is howG3779 it will be for anyone whoG3588 stores up treasureG2343 for himselfG1438 butG2532 is not richG3361G4147 towardG1519 GodG2316.”

22ThenG1161 Jesus saidG2036 toG4314 HisG846 disciplesG3101, “ThereforeG1223G3778 I tellG3004 youG4771, do notG3361 worryG3309 aboutG3588 your lifeG5590, whatG5101 you will eatG5315, or aboutG3588 yourG4771 bodyG4983, whatG5101 you will wearG1746. 23ForG1063 lifeG5590 isG1510 more thanG4119 foodG5160, andG2532 theG3588 bodyG4983 more thanG3588 clothesG1742. 24ConsiderG2657 theG3588 ravensG2876: They do not sowG3756G4687 or reapG2325, theyG3739 haveG1510 noG3756 storehouseG5009 or barnG596; yetG2532 GodG2316 feedsG5142 themG846. How muchG4214 moreG3123 valuable you areG4771G1308 than theG3588 birdsG4071!

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WhoG5101 ofG1537 youG4771 by worryingG3309 canG1410 addG4369 a single hourG4083 toG1909 hisG846 lifeG2244?1 26SoG3767 ifG1487 you cannotG3761G1410 do such a small thingG1646, whyG5101 do you worryG3309 aboutG4012 theG3588 restG3062?

27ConsiderG2657 howG4459 theG3588 liliesG2918 growG837: They do not laborG3756G2872 or spinG3514.2 YetG1161 I tellG3004 youG4771, not evenG3761 SolomonG4672 inG1722 allG3956 hisG846 gloryG1391 was adornedG4016 likeG5613 oneG1520 of theseG3778. 28IfG1487 that is howG3779 GodG2316 clothesG294 theG3588 grassG5528 ofG1722 the fieldG68, which isG1510 here todayG4594 andG2532 tomorrowG839 is thrownG906 intoG1519 the furnaceG2823, how muchG4214 more will He clothe youG4771, O you of little faithG3640!

29AndG2532 do notG4771G3361 be concerned aboutG2212 whatG5101 you will eatG5315 or drinkG4095. Do notG3361 worry aboutG3349 it. 30ForG1063 theG3588 GentilesG1484 of theG3588 worldG2889 strive afterG1934 allG3956 these thingsG3778, andG1161 yourG4771 FatherG3962 knowsG1492 thatG3754 you needG5535 themG3778. 31ButG4133 seekG2212 HisG8463 kingdomG932, andG2532 these thingsG3778 will be addedG4369 unto youG4771.

32Do notG3361 be afraidG5399, littleG3398 flockG4168, forG3754 yourG4771 FatherG3962 is pleasedG2106 to giveG1325 youG4771 theG3588 kingdomG932. 33SellG4453 yourG4771 possessionsG5225 andG2532 giveG1325 to the poorG1654. ProvideG4160 yourselvesG1438 with pursesG905 that will notG3361 wear outG3822, an inexhaustibleG413 treasureG2344 inG1722 heavenG3772, whereG3699 noG3756 thiefG2812 approachesG1448 and noG3761 mothG4597 destroysG1311. 34ForG1063 whereG3699 yourG4771 treasureG2344 isG1510, thereG1563 yourG4771 heartG2588 will beG1510 alsoG2532.

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his height; a cubit was approximately 18 inches or 45 centimeters. ↩
  2. 2. Luke 12:27 NE and Tischendorf Consider the lilies: They do not spin or weave. ↩
  3. 3. Luke 12:31 BYZ and TR God’s; see Matthew 6:33. ↩

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