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Luke 12 Literal Standard Version
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1 At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread on one another, He began to say to His disciples, first, “Take heed to yourselves 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 and there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hid that will not be known;
2 Porque nada hay encubierto, que no haya de ser descubierto; ni oculto, que no haya de ser sabido.
3 because whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner-chambers will be proclaimed on 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 And I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything more to 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 show to you whom you may fear: fear Him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, 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 have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value 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 And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers 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 and he who has denied Me before men, will be denied before the messengers of God,
9 Mas el que me negare delante de los hombres, será negado delante de los ángeles de Dios.
10 and everyone who will say a word to the Son of Man, it will be forgiven to him, but the [one] having slandered to the Holy Spirit will 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 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you may reply, or what you may 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 will teach you in that hour what [you] should say.”
12 Porque el Espíritu Santo os enseñará en la misma hora lo que será necesario decir.
13 And a certain one out of the multitude said to Him, “Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.”
13 Y díjole uno de la compañía: Maestro, di á mi hermano que parta conmigo la herencia.
14 And He said to him, “Man, who set Me 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, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
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 an allegory to them, saying, “Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
16 Y refirióles una parábola, diciendo: La heredad de un hombre rico había llevado mucho;
17 and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What will I do, because I have nowhere I will gather together my fruits?
17 Y él pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: ¿Qué haré, porque no tengo donde juntar mis frutos?
18 And he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and I will build greater ones, and I will gather together there all my products 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, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
19 Y diré á mi alma: Alma, muchos bienes tienes almacenados para muchos años; repósate, come, bebe, huélgate.
20 And God said to him, Unthinking [one]! This night your life is required of you, and what things you prepared—to whom will they be [given]?
20 Y díjole Dios: Necio, esta noche vuelven á pedir tu alma; y lo que has prevenido, ¿de quién será?
21 So [is] he who is treasuring up to 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, “Because of this, to you I say, do not be anxious for your life, what you may eat; nor for the body, what you may 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 life is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.
23 La vida más es que la comida, y el cuerpo que el vestido.
24 Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God nourishes them; how much better are you 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 And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá con afán añadir á su estatura un codo?
26 If, then, you are not able for the least—why are you anxious for the rest?
26 Pues si no podéis aun lo que es menos, ¿para qué estaréis afanosos de lo demás?
27 Consider the lilies, how do they grow? They do not labor, nor do they spin, and I say to 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 and if the herbage in the field, that today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, God so clothes, how much more you 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 you—do not seek what you may eat, or what you may drink, and do not be in suspense,
29 Vosotros, pues, no procuréis qué hayáis de comer, ó qué hayáis de beber; ni estéis en ansiosa perplejidad.
30 for the nations of the world seek after all these things, and your Father has known that you 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 the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
31 Mas procurad el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
32 Do not fear, little flock, because your Father delighted to give you the kingdom;
32 No temáis, manada pequeña; porque al Padre ha placido daros el reino.
33 sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that do not become old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief does not come 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 your heart will be also.
34 Porque donde está vuestro tesoro, allí también estará vuestro corazón.
35 Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
35 Estén ceñidos vuestros lomos, y vuestras antorchas encendidas;
36 and you [be] like to men waiting for their lord when he will return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
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 those servants, whom the lord, having come, will find watching; truly I say to you that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline, and having come near, will minister to 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 may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, blessed are those servants.
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 And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken 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 you, then, become ready, because at the hour you do not think, 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, do You speak this allegory 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 the lord will set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
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 that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so;
43 Bienaventurado aquel siervo, al cual, cuando el señor viniere, hallare haciendo así.
44 truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods.
44 En verdad os digo, que él le pondrá sobre todos sus bienes.
45 And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, 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 servant will come in a day in which he does not look for [him], and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him off, and he will appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
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 And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will 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 and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few; and to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they committed much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
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 came to cast fire to the earth, and what I wish [is] if it were already kindled!
49 Fuego vine á meter en la tierra: ¿y qué quiero, si ya está encendido?
50 But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!
50 Empero de bautismo me es necesario ser bautizado: y ¡cómo me angustio hasta que sea cumplido!
51 Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, 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 there will be from now on five in one house divided—three 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 a father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a 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 also said to the multitudes, “When you may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, A shower comes, and it is so;
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 a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;
55 Y cuando sopla el austro, decís: Habrá calor; y lo hay.
56 hypocrites! You have known to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how do you 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, also, of yourselves, do you not judge what is righteous?
57 ¿Y por qué aun de vosotros mismos no juzgáis lo que es justo?
58 For as you are going away with your opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you 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 to you, you may not come forth from there until even the last mite you may give back.”
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)