Luke 12:6-16

6 "Are not ¹five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

7 "²Indeed *, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

8 "And I say to you, everyone who ³confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

9 but ⁴he who denies Me before men will be denied ⁵before the angels of God.

10 "⁶And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.

11 "When they bring you before ⁷the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not ⁸worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

12 for ⁹the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

Covetousness Denounced

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

14 But He said to him, "¹⁰Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

15 Then He said to them, "¹¹Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."

16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive.

Read Chapter Compare