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Luke 12:28-38

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28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, 1O you of little faith!
29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor 2be worried.
30 For 3all the nations of the world seek after these things, and 4your Father knows that you need them.
31 Instead, 5seek 6his[a] kingdom, 7and these things will be added to you.
32 8"Fear not, little 9flock, for 10it is your Father's good pleasure to give you 11the kingdom.
33 12Sell your possessions, and 13give to the needy. 14Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with 15a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
34 16For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

You Must Be Ready

35 17"Stay dressed for action[b] and 18keep your lamps burning,
36 and be like men who are 19waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and 20knocks.
37 21Blessed are those servants[c] whom the master finds 22awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, 23he will dress himself for service and 24have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.
38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!
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Cross References 24

  • 1. Matthew 8:26; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 16:8; [Luke 17:6]
  • 2. [James 1:6]
  • 3. Matthew 6:8
  • 4. Matthew 6:8
  • 5. [Matthew 5:6, 20]
  • 6. Luke 11:2
  • 7. [1 Kings 3:11-14; Mark 10:29, 30; 1 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 3:9]
  • 8. Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 44:2
  • 9. Isaiah 40:11; Matthew 26:31; John 10:16; John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28, 29; 1 Peter 5:2, 3
  • 10. [Luke 10:21; Matthew 11:26; Ephesians 1:5, 9; Philippians 2:13]
  • 11. Luke 22:29; See Matthew 13:19
  • 12. See Matthew 19:21
  • 13. Luke 11:41
  • 14. [Luke 16:9]
  • 15. Matthew 6:20; [ver. 21; 1 Peter 1:4]
  • 16. Matthew 6:21
  • 17. Ephesians 6:14; 1 Peter 1:13
  • 18. [Matthew 25:7]
  • 19. See 2 Peter 3:12
  • 20. Revelation 3:20
  • 21. See Matthew 24:42, 46
  • 22. See Matthew 24:42, 46
  • 23. John 13:4; [ver. 35; Luke 17:8]
  • 24. [Luke 22:27]

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Some manuscripts God's
  • [b]. Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
  • [c]. Greek bondservants
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.