Luke 12:1

Luke 12:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• New International Version (NIV)Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In 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.

Context of Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered, so many that they were trampling one another, Yeshua began speaking first to His disciples, “Be on guard yourselves against the hametz of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2There is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. 3Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

Luke 12:1 word by word

Ἐν οἷς ἐπισυναχθεισῶν τῶν μυριάδων τοῦ ὄχλου ὥστε καταπατεῖν ἀλλήλους ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ πρῶτον· προσέχετε ἑαυτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης ἥτις ἐστὶν ὑπόκρισις τῶν Φαρισαίων.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the mean timeὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• when there were gathered togetherἐπισυνάγωepisunagō · to gatherG1996
• an innumerable multitudeμυριάςmurias · myriadG3461
• of peopleὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• insomuch thatὥστεhōste · soG5620
• they trodeκαταπατέωkatapateō · to trampleG2662
• one upon anotherἀλλήλωνallēlōn · one anotherG240
• he beganἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• to sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• first of allπρῶτονprōton · firstG4412
• Bewareπροσέχωprosechō · to watch outG4337
• yeἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the leavenζύμηzumē · leavenG2219
• of the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• hypocrisyὑπόκρισιςhupokrisis · hypocrisyG5272

Cross-references for Luke 12:1

• Luke 5:1It happened that the crowds were pressing upon Yeshua to hear the word of God as He was standing by the Lake of Kinneret,
• Luke 6:17Then Yeshua came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples and a multitude of people, from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,
• Acts 21:20And when they heard, they began glorifying God. They said, “You see, brother, how many myriads there are among the Jewish people who have believed—and they are all zealous for the Torah.
• 2 Kings 7:17Now the king appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned, to have charge of the gate—but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died—just as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3For I also passed on to you first of all what I also received— that Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.
• Matthew 16:6“Watch out,” Yeshua said to them, “and beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Mark 8:15Yeshua was warning them, “Watch out! Beware of the hametz of the Pharisees and the hametz of Herod.”
• 1 Corinthians 5:7Get rid of the old hametz, so you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened—for Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed.
• Luke 12:56Hypocrites! The surface of the earth and sky you know how to interpret yet you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
• Luke 11:44Woe to you, for you are like unmarked tombs, and people walk over them without knowing.”
• Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?
• Job 27:8For what hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?
• Job 36:13“The godless in heart harbor anger, they do not cry for help even when He binds them.
• Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?” “Who among us can live with everlasting burnings?”
• 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all lashon ha-ra .

Commentaries on Luke 12:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1An innumerable multitude of people - , myriads of people. A myriad is ten thousand, and myriads must, at the very lowest, mean twenty thousand. But the word is often used to signify a crowd or multitude which cannot be readily numbered. There was doubtless a vast crowd assembled on this occasion, and many of them were deeply instructed by the very important discourse which our Lord delivered. Leaven of the Pharisees - See Matthew 16:1-12. Which is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In the mean time - While he was discoursing with the scribes and Pharisees, as recorded in the last chapter. An innumerable multitude - The original word is “myriad‘s,” or ten thousands. It is used here to signify that there was a great crowd or collection of people, who were anxious to hear him. Multitudes were attracted to the Saviour‘s ministry, and it is worthy of remark that he never had more to hear him than when he was most faithful and severe in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Christ reproves the interpreters of the law. (1-12) A caution against covetousness, The parable of the rich man. (13-21) Worldly care reproved. (22-40) Watchfulness enforced. (41-53) A warning to be reconciled to God. (54-59) Verses 1-12 A firm belief of the doctrine of God's universal providence, and the extent of it, would satisfy us when in peril, and encourage us to trust God in the way of duty. Providence takes notice of the meanest creatures, even…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Yeast spreads through dough until it is entirely leavened. Leaven became a symbol of sin's spreading power (Exodus 12:14–20; 1 Corinthians 5:6). Like yeast, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees would spread until it affected all the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121-3. meantime--in close connection, probably, with the foregoing scene. Our Lord had been speaking out more plainly than ever before, as matters were coming to a head between Him and His enemies, and this seems to have suggested to His own mind the warning here. He had just Himself illustriously exemplified His own precepts. his disciples first of all--afterwards to "the multitudes" (Lu 12:54). covered--from the view.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 12:1

• Hypocrisy
• Influence
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Minister, Christian
• Pharisees

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Commentaries on Luke 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings