221Gk. the myriads [tens of thousands] of
222Or, to say unto his disciples, First of all beware ye
12: 2 But there is nothing covered up that shall not be revealed; and hid,, that shall not be known.
12: 3 Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
12: 4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
12: 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath 223power to cast into Gehenna; yes, I say unto you, Fear him.
223Or, authority
12: 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two 224pence? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
224Gk. assarion, a copper coin worth 1/16 denarius. See footnote on ch. 7:41.
12: 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
12: 8 And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess 225me in front of men, 226him shall the Son of man also confess in front of the angels of God:
225Gk. in me
226Gk. in him
12: 9 but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
12: 10 And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
12: 11 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12: 12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.
12: 13 And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.
12: 14 But he said unto him, Man, who made me a 227judge or a divider over you?
227Gk. supreme judge So p75BℵL 070 579 1241 33 geo arm. R and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read judge (lower court) sys,c omit or a divider
12: 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: 228for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
228Or, for even in a man’s abundance his life is not from the things which he possesseth.
12: 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
12: 17 and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
12: 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.
12: 19 And I will say to my 229soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
229Or, life (both times) and also in vss. 20, 22, 23. Gk. ψυχη (psychē).
12: 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night 230is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
230Gk. they require thy soul from thee.
12: 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
12: 22 And he said unto 231his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your soul, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
231p75B 1241 virtually alone omit his
12: 23 For the soul is more than food, and the body more than raiment.
12: 24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!
12: 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto 232his stature?
232Or, the measure of his life?
12: 26 If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?
12: 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
12: 28 But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
12: 29 And seek ye not what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
12: 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
12: 31 Yet seek ye 233his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.
233So BℵL 579 copsa,bo. But p45 070 1241 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., sys,c vg ite geo arm read the kingdom of God, p75 alone reads the kingdom,
12: 32 Fear not, little flock; for it was your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12: 33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
12: 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12: 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
12: 36 and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.
12: 37 Blessed are those 234servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: truly I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
234Gk. bondservants,
12: 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
12: 39 235But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief cometh, he would236 not have left his house to be 237broken through.
235Or, But this ye know,
236So p75ℵ* copach sys,c ite arm. But B(ℵa)L 070 579 1241 33 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg geo add have watched, and
237Gk. digged through.
12: 40 Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
12: 41 And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?
12: 42 And the Lord said, Who then is 238the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
238Or, the faithful steward, the wise man whom etc.
12: 43 Blessed is that 239servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
239Gk. bondservant, and in vss. 45, 46, 47.
12: 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
12: 45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
12: 46 the lord of that servant shall have come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall 240cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
240Or, severely scourge him,
12: 47 And that servant who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
12: 48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
12: 49 I came to cast fire upon the earth; and 241what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
241Or, how would I that it were already kindled!
12: 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
12: 51 Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, No; but rather division:
12: 52 for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
12: 53 They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
12: 54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
12: 55 And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a 242scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
242Or, hot wind;
12: 56 Ye hypocrites, ye know how to 243interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye 244know not how to interpret this season?
243Gk. prove (both times)
244So p75BℵL 1241 33 copsa,bo (sys). p45 579 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg geo arm read do not interpret
12: 57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12: 58 For as thou art going with thine adversary before a magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the 245officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
245Gk. exactor (both times)
12: 59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.
