Luke 12:1-12

God Knows and Cares

1 Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, "¹ Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. .

2 "²But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

3 "Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered * * in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon ³the housetops.

4 "I say to you, ⁴My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no * more that they can do.

5 "But I will warn you whom to fear: ⁵fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into ⁶hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6 "Are not ⁷five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

7 "⁸Indeed *, 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 ⁹confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;

9 but ¹⁰he who denies Me before men will be denied ¹¹before the angels of God.

10 "¹²And 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 ¹³the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not ¹⁴worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;

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

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 16:6, 11; Mark 8:15
• 2. Luke 12:2-9: {Matthew 10:26-33">Matthew 10:26-33;} Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17
• 3. Matthew 10:27; Matthew 24:17
• 4. John 15:13-15
• 5. Hebrews 10:31
• 6. Matthew 5:22
• 7. Matthew 10:29
• 8. Matthew 10:30
• 9. Matthew 10:32; Luke 15:10; Romans 10:9
• 10. Matthew 10:33; Luke 9:26
• 11. Luke 15:10
• 12. Matthew 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30
• 13. Matthew 10:17
• 14. Matthew 6:25; Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11; Luke 12:22; Luke 21:14
• 15. Matthew 10:20; Luke 21:15

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "myriads"
• [b] Lit "the crowd"
• [c] Lit "spoken in the ear"
• [d] Or "show"
• [e] Gr "Gehenna"
• [f] Gr "assaria," the smallest of copper coins
• [g] Lit "will speak"