Luke 12
NASB1995
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 12:12-31

12for 1the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 will teachG1321 you in that veryG846 hourG5610 whatG3739 you oughtG1163 to sayG3004.”

13SomeoneG5100 2in the crowdG3793 saidG3004 to Him, “TeacherG1320, tellG3004 my brotherG80 to divideG3307 the family inheritanceG2817 with me.” 14But He saidG3004 to him, “3ManG444, whoG5101 appointedG2525 Me a judgeG2923 orG2228 arbitratorG3312 overG1909 you?” 15ThenG2532 He saidG3004 to them, “4BewareG3708, and be on your guardG5442 againstG575 everyG3956 formG3956 of greedG4124; for not even whenG1722 oneG5100 hasG4052 an abundanceG4052 does his lifeG2222 consistG1510 of his possessionsG5225.” 16And He toldG3004 them a parableG3850, sayingG3004, “The landG5561 of a richG4145 manG444 was veryG2164 productiveG2164. 17And he began reasoningG1260 to himselfG1438, sayingG3004, ‘WhatG5101 shall I doG4160, sinceG3754 I haveG2192 noG3756 placeG4226 to storeG4863 my cropsG2590?’ 18ThenG2532 he saidG3004, ‘ThisG3778 is what I will doG4160: I will tearG2507 downG2507 my barnsG596 and buildG3618 largerG3173 onesG3173, and thereG1563 I will storeG4863 allG3956 my grainG4621 and my goodsG18. 19And I will sayG3004 to my soulG5590, “SoulG5590, 5you haveG2192 manyG4183 goodsG18 laidG2749 up for manyG4183 yearsG2094 to come; takeG373 your easeG373, eatG2068, drinkG4095 and be merryG2165.”’ 20But GodG2316 saidG3004 to him, ‘6You foolG878! ThisG3778 very nightG3571 78your soulG5590 is requiredG523 of you; and 9now whoG5101 will own whatG3739 you have preparedG2090?’ 21SoG3779 is the man who 10storesG2343 up treasureG2343 for himselfG848, and is not richG4147 towardG1519 GodG2316.”

22And He saidG3004 to His disciplesG3101, “11For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I sayG3004 to you, 12do not worryG3309 aboutG3588 your 13lifeG5590, as to whatG5101 you will eatG2068; norG3366 for your bodyG4983, as to whatG5101 you will putG1746 on. 23For lifeG5590 is moreG4183 than foodG5160, and the bodyG4983 moreG4183 than clothingG1742. 24ConsiderG2657 the 14ravensG2876, for they neitherG3777 sowG4687 norG3777 reapG2325; they have noG3756 storeroomG5009 norG3761 15barnG596, and yet GodG2316 feedsG5142 them; howG4214 muchG4214 moreG3123 valuableG1308 you are than the birdsG4071! 25And whichG5101 of you by worryingG3309 canG1410 addG4369 a single 1617hourG4083 to his 18life’sG2244 spanG2244? 26IfG1487 thenG3767 you cannotG1410G3761 do evenG3761 a veryG1646 littleG1646 thingG1646, whyG5101 do you worryG3309 aboutG4012 otherG3062 mattersG3062? 27ConsiderG2657 the liliesG2918, howG4459 they growG837: they neitherG3777 toilG2872 norG3777 spinG3514; but I tellG3004 you, not evenG3761 19SolomonG4672 in allG3956 his gloryG1391 clothedG4016 himself likeG5613 oneG1520 of theseG3778. 28But ifG1487 GodG2316 soG3779 clothesG292 the grassG5528 in the fieldG68, which is alive todayG4594 and tomorrowG839 is thrownG906 into the furnaceG2823, howG4214 muchG4214 moreG3123 will He clothe you? 20You menG3640 of littleG3640 faithG3640! 29And do not seekG2212 whatG5101 you will eatG2068 and whatG5101 you will drinkG4095, and do not 21keep worryingG3349. 30For 22allG3956 theseG3778 thingsG3778 the nationsG1484 of the worldG2889 eagerlyG1934 seekG1934; but your FatherG3962 knowsG3609 that you needG5535 theseG3778 thingsG3778. 31But seekG2212 His kingdomG932, and 23theseG3778 thingsG3778 will be addedG4369 to you.

Read all of Luke 12

Notes

  1. 1. Luke 12:12 Matt 10:20; Luke 21:15 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 12:13 Lit out of ↩
  3. 3. Luke 12:14 Mic 6:8; Rom 2:1, 3; 9:20 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 12:15 1 Tim 6:6-10 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 12:19 Eccl 11:9 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 12:20 Jer 17:11; Luke 11:40 ↩
  7. 7. Luke 12:20 Lit they are demanding your soul from you ↩
  8. 8. Luke 12:20 Job 27:8 ↩
  9. 9. Luke 12:20 Ps 39:6 ↩
  10. 10. Luke 12:21 Luke 12:33 ↩
  11. 11. Luke 12:22 Luke 12:22-31: Matt 6:25-33 ↩
  12. 12. Luke 12:22 Or stop being worried ↩
  13. 13. Luke 12:22 Lit soul ↩
  14. 14. Luke 12:24 Job 38:41 ↩
  15. 15. Luke 12:24 Luke 12:18 ↩
  16. 16. Luke 12:25 Lit cubit (approx 18 in.) ↩
  17. 17. Luke 12:25 Ps 39:5 ↩
  18. 18. Luke 12:25 Or height ↩
  19. 19. Luke 12:27 1 Kin 10:4-7; 2 Chr 9:3-6 ↩
  20. 20. Luke 12:28 Matt 6:30 ↩
  21. 21. Luke 12:29 Matt 6:31 ↩
  22. 22. Luke 12:30 Or these things all the nations of the world ↩
  23. 23. Luke 12:31 Matt 6:33 ↩

Commentaries on Luke 12

New American Standard Bible 1995 — © 1960–1995 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.