Thematic Bible




Luke 12:1 (show verse)

In the meantime, myriads of the multitude having gathered together, So that they trode on one another, He began to speak to His disciples first; Take heed unto yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:2 (show verse)

But there is nothing hidden, which shall not be revealed: and concealed, that shall not be made known.

Luke 12:3 (show verse)

Therefore so many things as you spoke in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and whatsoever you spoke in the ear in the secret chambers shall be proclaimed upon the houses.

Luke 12:4 (show verse)

And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things, having nothing more to do.

Luke 12:5 (show verse)

But I will show you whom you must fear: Fear him, who after he kills has power to cast into hell. Yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Luke 12:6 (show verse)

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

Luke 12:7 (show verse)

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are more important than many sparrows.

Luke 12:8 (show verse)

But I say unto you, that every one who may confess me before the people, the Son of man will also confess him before the angels of God.

Luke 12:9 (show verse)

But the one denying me before the people will be denied before the angels of God.

Luke 12:10 (show verse)

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him having blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

Luke 12:11 (show verse)

But when they may carry you into the synagogues, and tribunals, and authorities; do not be solicitous as to what you may apologize, or what you may say:

Luke 12:12 (show verse)

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour the things which it behooveth you to speak.

Luke 12:13 (show verse)

And a certain one from the multitude said to Him, Teacher, speak to my brother, to divide the inheritance with me.

Luke 12:14 (show verse)

And He said to him; Man, who established me judge or a divider over you?

Luke 12:15 (show verse)

And He said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness: because his life is not in that which aboundeth to any one, from those things belonging to him.

Luke 12:16 (show verse)

He spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man was very productive:

Luke 12:17 (show verse)

and he was reasoning in himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no place where I shall store my fruits?

Luke 12:18 (show verse)

And he said, I will do this: I will take down my barns, and build greater, and there I will gather all my fruits and my goods.

Luke 12:19 (show verse)

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Accumulation of wealth » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Alertness » What to be aware of
Carnal security » Poverty
Common delusions » Trusting in riches
Covetousness » Covetous people
Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool
Earthly » Refused for obedience » Uprightness
Fool » Parables of » Of the rich fool
Gluttony » Leads to » Carnal security
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The rich fool
Parables » Parables of Christ » Rich fool
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption
Presuming upon time » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
Presumption » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
Prosperity » Perils of » Examples of the evil effects of
Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
earthly Riches » Gift of God
Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » Poverty
Self-delusion » Prosperity frequently leads to
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives shall be prolonged
Self-delusion » Exhibited in thinking that » Our lives will be prolonged
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
Time » Presuming upon time and opportunity, common ways of » Preparing for many years of enjoyment
the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure
earthly Treasures » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Trust in riches » The folly of
Wealth » Accumulation of » Select readings
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of

Luke 12:20 (show verse)

But God said to him, Thou fool, this night they are demanding thy soul from thee; and to whom shall those things which thou hast prepared, belong?
Accountability » Accountability connected with stewardship
Accumulation of wealth » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Alertness » What to be aware of
Business » Cares » Presumption
Business life » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
Care » Business Cares Result in » Presumption
Covetousness » Covetous people
Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool
death » Spiritual » Of the wicked
death » Miscellaneous subjects » Requiring the soul
Death of the The Wicked » Illustrated
natural Death » Described as » God requiring the soul
Dying » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Earthly » Refused for obedience » Uprightness
Fool » Parables of » Of the rich fool
Fools » Characteristics of » Hypocrisy
Fools » Depend upon their wealth
Greed/gluttony » The greedy
Happiness » Of the wicked » Illustrated
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is uncertain
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is uncertain
Immortality » Of the soul
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The rich fool
Man » Sought as a relief from trouble death spiritual » Of the wicked
Man » Possessed of » A soul
Man's » Immortality » Of the soul
Parables » Parables of Christ » Rich fool
Punishment of the The Wicked » Future described as » Often sudden and unexpected
Riches » Folly and danger of trusting to--illustrated
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
earthly Riches » Gift of God
Self-delusion » Fatal consequences of
Self-delusion » Fatal » consequences of
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
Soul » Immortal
Stewardship » Truths to be remembered in relation to » Accountability connected with stewardship
the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure
earthly Treasures » Riches, earthly (select readings)
Trust in riches » The folly of
Wealth » Accumulation of » Select readings
The wicked » Death of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of

Luke 12:21 (show verse)

So is every one laying up treasure for himself, and not rich toward God.

Luke 12:22 (show verse)

And He spoke to His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul, what you may eat; nor for your body, what you may put on.

Luke 12:23 (show verse)

The soul is more than food, and the body more than raiment.

Luke 12:24 (show verse)

Observe the ravens, because they neither sow nor reap; to which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them; are you not much better than the fowls?

Luke 12:25 (show verse)

And which one of you being solicitous is able to add one moment to his existence?

Luke 12:26 (show verse)

If then you are powerless in the smallest matter, why are you solicitous about other things?

Luke 12:27 (show verse)

Observe the lilies, how they toil not, neither do they spin: and I say unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these.

Luke 12:28 (show verse)

And if God so clothes the verdure flourishing in the fields to-day, and to-morrow cast into the oven; how much more are you, O ye of little faith?

Luke 12:29 (show verse)

And do not seek what you may eat, and what you may drink, and with what you are clothed;

Luke 12:30 (show verse)

for the heathens of the world are seeking after all these things: but your Father knows that you have need of these things.

Luke 12:31 (show verse)

Moreover seek His kingdom and these things shall be added unto you.

Luke 12:32 (show verse)

Fear not, little flock; because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:33 (show verse)

Sell your possessions and give alms; make for yourselves purses that will not get old, and treasure in the heavens which can not be stolen, where the thief does not draw nigh, nor the moth corrupt.

Luke 12:34 (show verse)

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be.

Luke 12:35 (show verse)

Let your loins be girted, and your lamps burning;

Luke 12:36 (show verse)

and be you like unto men waiting for their lord, when he may rise up from the marriage feast; in order that, coming and knocking, they may open unto him immediately.

Luke 12:37 (show verse)

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.

Luke 12:38 (show verse)

If at the second, and third, watch he may come, happy are ye.

Luke 12:39 (show verse)

Know this, that if the landlord knew at what hour the thief cometh, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into.

Luke 12:40 (show verse)

Be ye also ready: because at an hour you do not think the Son of man cometh.

Luke 12:41 (show verse)

And Peter said to Him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or to all?

Luke 12:42 (show verse)

The Lord said, Who then is the faithful, wise steward, whom the lord will establish over his house-hold, to give them their food in season?

Luke 12:43 (show verse)

Happy is that servant, whom his lord having come shall thus find watching.

Luke 12:44 (show verse)

Truly I say unto you, that he will establish him over all his possessions.

Luke 12:45 (show verse)

But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;

Luke 12:46 (show verse)

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not expect, and in an hour in which he does not know, and will cut him off, and will appoint his part with the unbelievers.

Luke 12:47 (show verse)

But that servant knowing the will of his lord, and not preparing or doing according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

Luke 12:48 (show verse)

But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:49 (show verse)

I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled?

Luke 12:50 (show verse)

And I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it may be perfected!

Luke 12:51 (show verse)

Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I say unto you, Nay, but division.

Luke 12:52 (show verse)

For from now, there shall be five in one house divided, three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

Luke 12:53 (show verse)

the father against the son, and the son against the father; and the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.

Luke 12:54 (show verse)

And he also spoke to the multitudes, When you may see a cloud rising from the west, you immediately say, that the rain cometh; and it is so:

Luke 12:55 (show verse)

and when the south wind is blowing, you say, that it will be hot; and it is so.

Luke 12:56 (show verse)

You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the earth and the firmament; and how do you not discern this time?

Luke 12:57 (show verse)

Why do you not judge righteous judgment, even with reference to yourselves?

Luke 12:58 (show verse)

For as you go with your adversary to the ruler, give attention on the way that you be reconciled with him; lest he may deliver you to the judge, and the judge shall turn you over to the officer, and the officer will cast you into prison.

Luke 12:59 (show verse)

I say unto you, You can by no means come out thence, till you have even paid the last mite.