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Luke - ch 12 v 1 - 20
- At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
- and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
- because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
- `And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;
- but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.
- `Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
- but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
- `And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
- and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
- and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.
- `And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
- for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth `you' to say.'
- And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
- And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'
- And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
- And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
- and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?
- and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
- and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
- `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
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