Luke 12 Darby Translation
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1 In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
1 EN esto, juntándose muchas gentes, tanto que unos á otros se hollaban, comenzó á decir á sus discípulos, primeramente: Guardaos de la levadura de los Fariseos, que es hipocresía.
2 but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;
2 Porque nada hay encubierto, que no haya de ser descubierto; ni oculto, que no haya de ser sabido.
3 therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
3 Por tanto, las cosas que dijisteis en tinieblas, á la luz serán oídas; y lo que hablasteis al oído en las cámaras, será pregonado en los terrados.
4 But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.
4 Mas os digo, amigos míos: No temáis de los que matan el cuerpo, y después no tienen más que hacer.
5 But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.
5 Mas os enseñaré á quién temáis: temed á aquel que después de haber quitado la vida, tiene poder de echar en la Gehenna: así os digo: á éste temed.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.
6 ¿No se venden cinco pajarillos por dos blancas? pues ni uno de ellos está olvidado delante de Dios.
7 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
7 Y aun los cabellos de vuestra cabeza están todos contados. No temáis pues: de más estima sois que muchos pajarillos.
8 But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;
8 Y os digo que todo aquel que me confesare delante de los hombres, también el Hijo del hombre le confesará delante de los ángeles de Dios;
9 but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;
9 Mas el que me negare delante de los hombres, será negado delante de los ángeles de Dios.
10 and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.
10 Y todo aquel que dice palabra contra el Hijo del hombre, le será perdonado; mas al que blasfemare contra el Espíritu Santo, no le será perdonado.
11 But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;
11 Y cuando os trajeren á las sinagogas, y á los magistrados y potestades, no estéis solícitos cómo ó qué hayáis de responder, ó qué hayáis de decir;
12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.
12 Porque el Espíritu Santo os enseñará en la misma hora lo que será necesario decir.
13 And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.
13 Y díjole uno de la compañía: Maestro, di á mi hermano que parta conmigo la herencia.
14 But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
14 Mas él le dijo: Hombre, ¿quién me puso por juez ó partidor sobre vosotros?
15 And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.
15 Y díjoles: Mirad, y guardaos de toda avaricia; porque la vida del hombre no consiste en la abundancia de los bienes que posee.
16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
16 Y refirióles una parábola, diciendo: La heredad de un hombre rico había llevado mucho;
17 And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.
17 Y él pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: ¿Qué haré, porque no tengo donde juntar mis frutos?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
18 Y dijo: Esto haré: derribaré mis alfolíes, y los edificaré mayores, y allí juntaré todos mis frutos y mis bienes;
19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
19 Y diré á mi alma: Alma, muchos bienes tienes almacenados para muchos años; repósate, come, bebe, huélgate.
20 But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
20 Y díjole Dios: Necio, esta noche vuelven á pedir tu alma; y lo que has prevenido, ¿de quién será?
21 Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
21 Así es el que hace para sí tesoro, y no es rico en Dios.
22 And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
22 Y dijo á sus discípulos: Por tanto os digo: No estéis afanosos de vuestra vida, qué comeréis; ni del cuerpo, qué vestiréis.
23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.
23 La vida más es que la comida, y el cuerpo que el vestido.
24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds?
24 Considerad los cuervos, que ni siembran, ni siegan; que ni tienen cillero, ni alfolí; y Dios los alimenta. ¿Cuánto de más estima sois vosotros que las aves?
25 But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?
25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá con afán añadir á su estatura un codo?
26 If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?
26 Pues si no podéis aun lo que es menos, ¿para qué estaréis afanosos de lo demás?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.
27 Considerad los lirios, cómo crecen: no labran, ni hilan; y os digo, que ni Salomón con toda su gloria se vistió como uno de ellos.
28 But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?
28 Y si así viste Dios á la hierba, que hoy está en el campo, y mañana es echada en el horno; ¿cuánto más á vosotros, [hombres] de poca fe?
29 And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
29 Vosotros, pues, no procuréis qué hayáis de comer, ó qué hayáis de beber; ni estéis en ansiosa perplejidad.
30 for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;
30 Porque todas estas cosas buscan las gentes del mundo; que vuestro Padre sabe que necesitáis estas cosas.
31 but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.
31 Mas procurad el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
32 Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.
32 No temáis, manada pequeña; porque al Padre ha placido daros el reino.
33 Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.
33 Vended lo que poseéis, y dad limosna; haceos bolsas que no se envejecen, tesoro en los cielos que nunca falta; donde ladrón no llega, ni polilla corrompe.
34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
34 Porque donde está vuestro tesoro, allí también estará vuestro corazón.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;
35 Estén ceñidos vuestros lomos, y vuestras antorchas encendidas;
36 and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
36 Y vosotros semejantes á hombres que esperan cuando su señor ha de volver de las bodas; para que cuando viniere y llamare, luego le abran.
37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.
37 Bienaventurados aquellos siervos, á los cuales cuando el Señor viniere, hallare velando: de cierto os digo, que se ceñirá, y hará que se sienten á la mesa, y pasando les servirá.
38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
38 Y aunque venga á la segunda vigilia, y aunque venga á la tercera vigilia, y [los] hallare así, bienaventurados son los tales siervos.
39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.
39 Esto empero sabed, que si supiese el padre de familia á qué hora había de venir el ladrón, velaría ciertamente, y no dejaría minar su casa.
40 And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.
40 Vosotros pues también, estad apercibidos; porque á la hora que no pensáis, el Hijo del hombre vendrá.
41 And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?
41 Entonces Pedro le dijo: Señor, ¿dices esta parábola á nosotros, ó también á todos?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
42 Y dijo el Señor: ¿Quién es el mayordomo fiel y prudente, al cual el señor pondrá sobre su familia, para que á tiempo les dé su ración?
43 Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;
43 Bienaventurado aquel siervo, al cual, cuando el señor viniere, hallare haciendo así.
44 verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
44 En verdad os digo, que él le pondrá sobre todos sus bienes.
45 But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
45 Mas si el tal siervo dijere en su corazón: Mi señor tarda en venir: y comenzare á herir á los siervos y á las criadas, y á comer y á beber y á embriagarse;
46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
46 Vendrá el señor de aquel siervo el día que no espera, y á la hora que no sabe, y le apartará, y pondrá su parte con los infieles.
47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];
47 Porque el siervo que entendió la voluntad de su señor, y no se apercibió, ni hizo conforme á su voluntad, será azotado mucho.
48 but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.
48 Mas el que no entendió, é hizo cosas dignas de azotes, será azotado poco: porque á cualquiera que fué dado mucho, mucho será vuelto á demandar de él; y al que encomendaron mucho, más le será pedido.
49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
49 Fuego vine á meter en la tierra: ¿y qué quiero, si ya está encendido?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!
50 Empero de bautismo me es necesario ser bautizado: y ¡cómo me angustio hasta que sea cumplido!
51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
51 ¿Pensáis que he venido á la tierra á dar paz? No, os digo; mas disensión.
52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
52 Porque estarán de aquí adelante cinco en una casa divididos; tres contra dos, y dos contra tres.
53 father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
53 El padre estará dividido contra el hijo, y el hijo contra el padre; la madre contra la hija, y la hija contra la madre; la suegra contra su nuera, y la nuera contra su suegra.
54 And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.
54 Y decía también á las gentes: Cuando veis la nube que sale del poniente, luego decís: Agua viene; y es así.
55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
55 Y cuando sopla el austro, decís: Habrá calor; y lo hay.
56 Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?
56 ¡Hipócritas! Sabéis examinar la faz del cielo y de la tierra; ¿y cómo no reconocéis este tiempo?
57 And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
57 ¿Y por qué aun de vosotros mismos no juzgáis lo que es justo?
58 For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
58 Pues cuando vas al magistrado con tu adversario, procura en el camino librarte de él; porque no te arrastre al juez, y el juez te entregue al alguacil, y el alguacil te meta en la cárcel.
59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.
59 Te digo que no saldrás de allá, hasta que hayas pagado hasta el último maravedí.
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- 1 1 Corinthians 5:7–8; 1 Peter 2:1; James 3:17; Matthew 16:6–12; Mark 8:15–21
- 2 Mark 4:22; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Luke 8:17; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Matthew 10:26–33
- 3 Matthew 10:27; Ecclesiastes 10:20; Matthew 12:36; Ecclesiastes 10:12–13; Job 24:14–15
- 4 Matthew 10:28; Jeremiah 1:8; Revelation 2:10; Philippians 1:28; 1 Peter 3:14
- 5 2 Peter 2:4; Matthew 10:28; Revelation 14:7; Psalm 9:17; Hebrews 10:31
- 6 Luke 12:24; Psalm 147:9; Psalm 145:15–16; Matthew 10:29; Psalm 113:5–6
- 7 Matthew 10:30–31; Matthew 6:26; Isaiah 43:3–4; 2 Samuel 14:11; Luke 21:18
- 8 Matthew 10:32–33; 1 John 2:23; Romans 10:9–10; 2 Timothy 2:12; Luke 15:10
- 9 2 Timothy 2:12; Mark 8:38; Matthew 10:33; Luke 9:26; Matthew 7:23
- 10 Matthew 12:31–32; 1 John 5:16; 1 Timothy 1:13; Mark 3:28–30; Hebrews 6:4–8
- 11 Matthew 10:17–20; Acts 4:5–7; Luke 12:22; Luke 21:12–14; Matthew 23:34
- 12 Luke 21:15; Matthew 10:20; Acts 4:8; Acts 6:10; Exodus 4:11
- 13 1 Timothy 6:5; Luke 6:45; Ezekiel 33:31; Acts 8:18–19; Psalm 17:14
- 14 Romans 9:20; Romans 2:3; John 6:15; Exodus 2:14; Romans 2:1
- 15 Hebrews 13:5; 1 Timothy 6:6–10; Psalm 119:36–37; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 15:16
- 16 Genesis 26:12–14; Genesis 41:47–49; Hosea 2:8; Psalm 73:12; Matthew 5:45
- 17 Matthew 5:42; Isaiah 58:7; Romans 12:13; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15; Acts 16:30
- 18 James 3:15; James 4:15; Luke 18:6; Luke 12:21; Psalm 17:14
- 19 Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13–15; Matthew 6:19–21; 1 Corinthians 15:32; Philippians 3:19
- 20 Job 27:8; Jeremiah 17:11; 1 Timothy 6:7; Psalm 39:6; James 4:14
- 21 Matthew 6:19–20; Luke 12:33; James 2:5; James 5:1–3; 1 Timothy 6:18–19
- 22 Matthew 6:25–34; Philippians 4:6; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Corinthians 7:32; Luke 12:29
- 23 Job 2:6; Proverbs 13:8; Job 2:4; Acts 27:18–19; Job 1:12
- 24 Luke 12:7; Matthew 10:31; Psalm 147:9; Job 38:41; Psalm 145:15–16
- 25 Matthew 6:27; Matthew 5:36
- 26 1 Peter 5:7; Psalm 39:6; Ecclesiastes 7:13
- 27 Matthew 6:28–30; Luke 12:24; 1 Kings 10:1–13; 2 Chronicles 9:1–12; James 1:10–11
- 28 Isaiah 40:6; Matthew 14:31; Matthew 6:30; 1 Peter 1:24; Matthew 17:20
- 29 Luke 12:22; Matthew 6:31; Luke 22:35; Luke 10:7–8
- 30 Matthew 6:32; Matthew 6:8; Ephesians 4:17; Luke 12:32; 1 Peter 4:2–4
- 31 Matthew 6:33; Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 34:9; 1 Kings 3:11–13; John 6:27
- 32 Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 1:3–5; Revelation 1:6; Philippians 2:13; Luke 10:21
- 33 Matthew 19:21; Acts 2:45; Luke 18:22; Acts 4:34–35; Matthew 6:19–21
- 34 Matthew 6:21; Colossians 3:1–3; Philippians 3:20
- 35 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:14; Matthew 25:4–10; Matthew 25:1; Matthew 5:16
- 36 Jude 20–21; James 5:7–8; Revelation 3:20; Lamentations 3:25–26; Isaiah 64:4
- 37 2 Peter 3:14; Matthew 24:42; John 13:4–5; Matthew 24:45–47; 1 Corinthians 2:9
- 38 1 Thessalonians 5:4–5; Matthew 25:6
- 39 Revelation 3:3; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 16:15; Matthew 24:43–44; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
- 40 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Matthew 25:13; Romans 13:11; Matthew 24:44; Revelation 19:7
- 41 Mark 13:37; 1 Peter 4:7; Mark 14:37
- 42 Matthew 24:45–46; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Peter 5:1–4
- 44 Luke 22:29–30; Matthew 24:47; Luke 19:17–19; Daniel 12:2–3; Revelation 3:18
- 45 Matthew 24:48–50; Revelation 18:7–8; Ezekiel 34:8; Jeremiah 20:2; Ezekiel 12:22
- 46 Revelation 16:15; Luke 12:40; Matthew 24:51; Psalm 11:5; Psalm 37:9
- 47 James 4:17; John 9:41; John 15:22–24; John 12:48; Deuteronomy 25:2–3
- 48 James 3:1; Leviticus 5:17; Luke 16:10–12; Matthew 25:14–29; Matthew 13:12
- 49 Malachi 4:1; Matthew 3:10–12; Malachi 3:2–3; Luke 12:51–52; Joel 2:30–31
- 50 John 12:27–28; John 19:30; John 4:34; John 7:6–8; Mark 10:32–38
- 51 Matthew 10:34–36; Luke 12:49; Matthew 24:7–10; Zechariah 11:10–11; Zechariah 11:14
- 52 John 15:18–21; Acts 14:1–4; Micah 7:5–6; John 16:2; Acts 28:24
- 53 Micah 7:6; Matthew 10:21–22; Matthew 24:10; Zechariah 13:2–6
- 54 Matthew 16:2–4; 1 Kings 18:44–45
- 55 Matthew 20:12; Job 37:17
- 56 Matthew 16:3; Matthew 24:32–33; Matthew 11:25; 1 Chronicles 12:32; Luke 19:42–44
- 57 John 7:24; Deuteronomy 32:29; 1 Corinthians 11:14; Acts 13:26–38; Acts 2:40
- 58 Matthew 5:23–26; Luke 13:24–28; Job 23:7; Isaiah 55:6; Proverbs 25:8–9
- 59 Mark 12:42; Matthew 18:34; Matthew 25:46; Matthew 25:41; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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I doubt not but that ye who fear God, do hear His word with awe, and execute it with cheerfulness; that what He hath promised, ye may at present hope for, hereafter receive. We have just now heard the Lord Christ Jesus, the Son of God, giving us a precept.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
And to this He refers when He says, "And I have another baptism to be baptized with, and I hasten eagerly towards it." Moreover, they affirm that the Lord added this redemption to the sons of Zebedee, when their mother asked that they might sit, the one on His right hand, and the other on His left, in His kingdom, …
If this be so, then that is false which Christ says, "Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do;" for it seems they can do great injury to the dead body.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"For mighty" men (it is said) "shall be mightily tormented:" and "He that knew his Lord's will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." So that more knowledge is a ground of more punishment.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And he who says again that the Father is one, and the maker of the world another, opposes the Son when He says, If then God so clothes the grass of the field which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the furnace of fire; and, Who maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)