Luke 12:8-18

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

8 "And I tell you, ¹everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge ²before the angels of God,

9 but ³the one who denies me before men ⁴will be denied ⁵before the angels of God.

10 And ⁶everyone who speaks a word ⁷against the Son of Man ⁸will be forgiven, but the one who ⁹blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11 ¹⁰And when they ¹¹bring you before the synagogues and ¹²the rulers and ¹³the authorities, ¹⁴do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

12 ¹⁵for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 ¹⁶Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

14 But he said to him, ¹⁷"Man, ¹⁸who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

15 And he said to them, ¹⁹"Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

16 And he told them a parable, saying, ²⁰"The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

17 and he thought to himself, ²¹'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

18 And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my ²²barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.