Thematic Bible




Luke 12:1 (show verse)

Upon which, myriads of the crowd having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to speak to his disciples first, Keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:2 (show verse)

And there is nothing covered, which shall not be revealed; and secret which shall not be known.

Luke 12:3 (show verse)

Therefore whatever ye have said in darkness shall be heard in light; and what ye spake to the ear in storehouses shall be proclaimed upon house tops.

Luke 12:4 (show verse)

And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these not having anything remaining to do.

Luke 12:5 (show verse)

And I will shew you whom ye should fear: Fear him having power, after killing, to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

Luke 12:6 (show verse)

Are not five little sparrows sold for two small coins, and one of them is not forgotten before God?

Luke 12:7 (show verse)

But also the hairs of your head were all numbered. Therefore fear not: ye have the preeminence over many little sparrows.

Luke 12:8 (show verse)

And I say to you, Every one who should acknowledge in me before men, also the Son of man will acknowledge in him before the messengers of God.

Luke 12:9 (show verse)

And he having denied me before men, shall he denied before the messengers of God.

Luke 12:10 (show verse)

And every one who shall say a word against the Son of man, it shall be remitted to him: and to him blaspheming against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be remitted.

Luke 12:11 (show verse)

And when they bring you to assemblies, and beginnings, and powers, have no anxiety how or what ye allege for justification, or what ye say:

Luke 12:12 (show verse)

For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what ye must say.

Luke 12:13 (show verse)

And a certain one out of the crowd 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 appointed me judge or distributer over you

Luke 12:15 (show verse)

And he said to them, See, and watch yourselves from covetousness: for not in the abounding to any one of his possessions is his life.

Luke 12:16 (show verse)

And he spake a parable to them, saying, The farm of a certain rich man bore well:

Luke 12:17 (show verse)

And he calculated in himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not where I shall collect together my fruits?

Luke 12:18 (show verse)

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things.

Luke 12:19 (show verse)

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened.
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)

And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?
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 he treasuring up for himself, and not rich toward God.

Luke 12:22 (show verse)

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Have no anxiety for your soul, what ye eat; nor for the body what ye put on.

Luke 12:23 (show verse)

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

Luke 12:24 (show verse)

Consider the ravens: for they sow not neither do they reap; to them there is not store-house nor store; and God nourishes them: how much more have ye preeminence of the fowls?

Luke 12:25 (show verse)

And which of you having anxiety can add to his size one cubit?

Luke 12:26 (show verse)

If then ye cannot do the least, why have ye anxiety for the rest?

Luke 12:27 (show verse)

Consider the white lilies, how they grow; they are not wearied, neither do they spin; and I say to you, neither was Solomon in all his glory clothed as one of these.

Luke 12:28 (show verse)

And if the grass, to day being in the field and to morrow cast into the furnace, God so clothes; how much rather you, ye of little faith?

Luke 12:29 (show verse)

And ye, seek ye not what ye eat, or what ye drink, and keep not in anxiety.

Luke 12:30 (show verse)

For all these things the nations of the world seek for: and your Father knows that ye have need of these.

Luke 12:31 (show verse)

But seek the kingdom of God; and all these shall be added to you.

Luke 12:32 (show verse)

Fear not, little flock; for your Father was contented to give you the kingdom.

Luke 12:33 (show verse)

Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.

Luke 12:34 (show verse)

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

Luke 12:35 (show verse)

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

Luke 12:36 (show verse)

And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him.

Luke 12:37 (show verse)

Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them.

Luke 12:38 (show verse)

And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants.

Luke 12:39 (show verse)

And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined.

Luke 12:40 (show verse)

And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.

Luke 12:41 (show verse)

And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?

Luke 12:42 (show verse)

And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, which the Lord will set over his household, to give the allowance of wheat in due time?

Luke 12:43 (show verse)

Happy that servant, which his Lord, having come, shall find so doing.

Luke 12:44 (show verse)

Truly I say to you, that he will set him over all his possessions.

Luke 12:45 (show verse)

And if that servant should say in his heart, My Lord delays to come; and should begin to strike the servants and maids, also to eat and drink, and to be intoxicated;

Luke 12:46 (show verse)

The lord of that servant shall come in a day which he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not, and he will cut him in two equal parts, and set his portion with the unbelieving.

Luke 12:47 (show verse)

And that servant having known his lord's will, and not prepared, neither having done his will, shall be skinned with many.

Luke 12:48 (show verse)

And he not having known, and having done things worthy of blows, shall be skinned with few. And to every one to whom much was given, shall much be required of him: and with whom they have deposited much, they will ask of him the more.

Luke 12:49 (show verse)

I have come to cast fire into the earth; and what will I if it has been already lighted up!

Luke 12:50 (show verse)

And I have an immersion to be immersed with; and how am I pressed together till it should be finished!

Luke 12:51 (show verse)

Think ye that I came to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you; but rather division:

Luke 12:52 (show verse)

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

Luke 12:53 (show verse)

Father shall be divided against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Luke 12:54 (show verse)

And he said to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising from the descents, ye say quickly, A heavy shower of rain is coming; and it is so.

Luke 12:55 (show verse)

And when the south wind blowing, ye say, That there will be heat; and it is.

Luke 12:56 (show verse)

O hypocrites, ye know to judge the face of the earth and of heaven; and how do ye not judge this time?

Luke 12:57 (show verse)

And why also of yourselves judge ye not the just thing?

Luke 12:58 (show verse)

For when thou retirest with thine adversary to the ruler, in the way give labor to be released from him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the avenger, and the avenger cast thee into prison.

Luke 12:59 (show verse)

I say to thee, thou shouldest not come out thence, even till also thou shouldest give back the last small coin.