Luke · Majority Standard Bible
Luke 12 Majority Standard Bible
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “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 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
2 Porque nada hay encubierto, que no haya de ser descubierto; ni oculto, que no haya de ser sabido.
3 What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from 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 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
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 you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell 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 pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
6 ¿No se venden cinco pajarillos por dos blancas? pues ni uno de ellos está olvidado delante de Dios.
7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more 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 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him 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 whoever denies Me before men will 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 everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against 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 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to 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 at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
12 Porque el Espíritu Santo os enseñará en la misma hora lo que será necesario decir.
13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell 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 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
14 Mas él le dijo: Hombre, ¿quién me puso por juez ó partidor sobre vosotros?
15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of 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 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
16 Y refirióles una parábola, diciendo: La heredad de un hombre rico había llevado mucho;
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
17 Y él pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: ¿Qué haré, porque no tengo donde juntar mis frutos?
18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my crops and my goods.
18 Y dijo: Esto haré: derribaré mis alfolíes, y los edificaré mayores, y allí juntaré todos mis frutos y mis bienes;
19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and 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, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
20 Y díjole Dios: Necio, esta noche vuelven á pedir tu alma; y lo que has prevenido, ¿de quién será?
21 This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
21 Así es el que hace para sí tesoro, y no es rico en Dios.
22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
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 food, and the body more than clothes.
23 La vida más es que la comida, y el cuerpo que el vestido.
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are 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 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
25 ¿Y quién de vosotros podrá con afán añadir á su estatura un codo?
26 So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
26 Pues si no podéis aun lo que es menos, ¿para qué estaréis afanosos de lo demás?
27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like 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 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O 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 do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
29 Vosotros, pues, no procuréis qué hayáis de comer, ó qué hayáis de beber; ni estéis en ansiosa perplejidad.
30 For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
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 unto you.
31 Mas procurad el reino de Dios, y todas estas cosas os serán añadidas.
32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
32 No temáis, manada pequeña; porque al Padre ha placido daros el reino.
33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
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 Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
35 Estén ceñidos vuestros lomos, y vuestras antorchas encendidas;
36 Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
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 servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on 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 Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
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 understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
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 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
40 Vosotros pues también, estad apercibidos; porque á la hora que no pensáis, el Hijo del hombre vendrá.
41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
41 Entonces Pedro le dijo: Señor, ¿dices esta parábola á nosotros, ó también á todos?
42 And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
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 servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
43 Bienaventurado aquel siervo, al cual, cuando el señor viniere, hallare haciendo así.
44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
44 En verdad os digo, que él le pondrá sobre todos sus bienes.
45 But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
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 master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place 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 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
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 the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
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 bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
49 Fuego vine á meter en la tierra: ¿y qué quiero, si ya está encendido?
50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
50 Empero de bautismo me es necesario ser bautizado: y ¡cómo me angustio hasta que sea cumplido!
51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
51 ¿Pensáis que he venido á la tierra á dar paz? No, os digo; mas disensión.
52 From now on, five in one household will be 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 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against 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 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising from the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what 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 the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
55 Y cuando sopla el austro, decís: Habrá calor; y lo hay.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why can’t you interpret the present time?
56 ¡Hipócritas! Sabéis examinar la faz del cielo y de la tierra; ¿y cómo no reconocéis este tiempo?
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
57 ¿Y por qué aun de vosotros mismos no juzgáis lo que es justo?
58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw 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 tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
59 Te digo que no saldrás de allá, hasta que hayas pagado hasta el último maravedí.
Cross references (58)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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)