Thomson(i)
1 by which myriads of the people being drawn together, so as to trample upon one another, he took occasion to say to his disciples, Above all, things beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 for there is nothing concealed which shall not be disclosed; nor any thing hid, which shall not be known.
3 Because what you have said in the dark, will be heard in the light; and what you have whispered in closets will be proclaimed on the house tops;
4 therefore I say to you, my friends; Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that can do no more:
5 but I will point out to you whom you should fear; Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. I repeat it to you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
7 Nay, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Now I say to you, Whosoever will acknowledge me before men, him the son of man will acknowledge before the angels of God:
9 but he who hath denied me before men shall be disowned before the angels of God.
10 And with respect to every one who shall speak a word against the son of man, it is to be forgiven him, but he who shall speak slanderously against the holy spirit shall not be forgiven.
11 Now when they bring you before their synagogues, and magistrates, and rulers, be not anxious how or what defence you shall make, or what you shall say:
12 for the holy spirit will teach you that very instant, what you ought to say.
13 When one in the crowd said to him, Teacher, order my brother to divide the inheritance with me;
14 thereupon he said. to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 Then he said to them, Take heed and be upon your guard against covetousness. For in what affluence soever a man may be, his life doth not depend on his possessions.
16 Then he spoke a parable to them saying, There was a certain rich man, whose ground produced plenteously.
17 Whereupon he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do; for I have not room to store my crops.
18 Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my store houses and build larger, and there lay up all my produce and my good things.
19 And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful.
20 Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided?
21 Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God.
22 Then he said to his disciples, For this cause I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall wear.
23 Life is a greater gift than food, and the body than raiment.
24 Observe those ravens! they neither sow nor reap; nor have they cellar or barn; yet God feedeth them. Of how much greater value are you than these birds?
25 Now which of you can, with all his solicitude, add a moment to his life?
26 If therefore, you cannot make the smallest addition to it, why are you anxious about the rest?
27 Observe those lilies how they grow! They neither toil nor spin; yet I say to you, Even Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
28 Now if God doth thus clothe the herbage, which is in the field today, and tomorrow is cast into a furnace, how much more will he clothe you, O distrustful men?
29 As for you, therefore, be not inquisitive about what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor agitated with restless thoughts.
30 For about all these things the nations of the world are inquisitive: but your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things will be superadded to you.
32 Fear not, little flock. Because it hath pleased your Father to give you that kingdom,
33 sell your possessions and give alms: provide for yourselves purses which do not wear out; a treasure in the heavens, which will never fail; where no thief approacheth, nor moth spoileth:
34 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded, and your lamps burning;
36 and be like men who are waiting their master's return from a wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may instantly open for him.
37 Happy those servants, whom the master, when he cometh, shall find watching. Verily I say to you, he will gird himself, and having placed them at table, will come and wait upon them.
38 And whether he come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them in such a state, happy are those servants.
39 Now this you know, that if the master of a family knew at what hour a thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer him to break into his house.
40 Be ye therefore also prepared, because at the hour of which you are not aware, the Son of man cometh,
41 Then Peter said to him, Master, dost thou speak this parable to us, or to all in general?
42 Thereupon the Lord said, Who is indeed the faithful and prudent steward, whom his master shall have set over his family to dispense regularly the stated allowance of food?
43 Happy is that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find thus employed.
44 Verily I say to you, he will appoint him overseer of all his estate.
45 But should that servant say in his heart, My master delayeth his coming, and begin to beat the men servants, and maid servants, and to eat and drink and carouse;
46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he doth not expect him, and in an hour he is not aware of, and will scourge him in the severest manner, and assign him his portion with the unfaithful.
47 Now that servant who knew his master's will, and did not keep himself ready, nor act agreeably to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
48 but he who did not know it, and did things deserving chastisement, shall be beaten with few. For to whom much is given, of him much will be required. And the more a man is entrusted with, the more will be demanded from him.
49 I came to put fire on the earth; and what would I but that it were now kindled!
50 I have also a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straightened until it be accomplished.
51 Do you imagine that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, No; but rather division.
52 For henceforth five in one house will be divided; three against two and two against three.
53 Father will be divided against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother in law against daughter in law, and daughter in law against mother in law.
54 Then addressing the multitudes, he said, When you see the cloud rising from the west, presently, say you, there is a shower coming. And so it happeneth.
55 And when the south wind bloweth, you say, It will be hot. And so it happeneth.
56 Hypocrites! you have knowledge to discern the face of the earth and the sky; how is it then that you do not discern this time?
57 And why do ye not, even for your own sakes, judge aright?
58 For when thou art going with thine adversary to a magistrate, endeavour to come to an agreement with him on the way, lest he bring thee before the judge; and the judge deliver thee up to the officer, and the officer commit thee to prison:
59 I tell thee thou canst not get out of that, till thou hast paid the last farthing.