The Bible in Basic English BBE
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9 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before the angels of God.
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But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.
10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:
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“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,
12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
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for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
13 And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.
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Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?
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Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
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Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
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And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
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He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
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“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
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And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
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