Luke 12 Kata Loukon 12
1En hei episunagirantaiu taiu muriadaiu tou ochlou, hōste katapatarō allēloin, archeta legarō pros toin mathētoin autou prōtem; Prosechavōr heautoi apo tau zumau, ⸂hotinas atō hupokrisias, toiu Farisaioiu.⸃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. 2oudenem de sunkaluptorēntem atō hem ouk apokaluptiti, kai kruptem hem ouk gnōskiti.There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. 3anti heiu hoseim en ta skotia legava en te fōte akouiti, kai hem pros tem ouem lalava en tei tameiei kērussiti epi teiu dōmeiu.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.
4Legamō de vi toi filoi mu, mē fobiveia apo toiu apoktenarōntoiu tem sōmem kai meta houteim mē echarōntoiu perissoterem tinem poiara.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5hupodeikami de vi tinon fobiveia; fobivar ton meta tem apoktenara ⸂echarōnton exousian⸃ embalara eis tan geennan; nai, legamō vi, houton fobivar.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! 6ouchi pente strouthieim ⸀pōlolō assarieiu duo? kai henem ek auteiu ouk atō epilathorēntem enōpion tou theou.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7alla kai tais trichais tau kefalau vu pantais arithmolē; ⸀mē fobovōr; polleiu strouthieiu diaferavō.And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
8Legamō de vi, pantos hos an ⸀homologateia en mi emprosthen toiu anthrōpoiu, kai tos huios tou anthrōpou homologati en auto emprosthen toiu angeloiu tou theou;I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God. 9tos de arnerantos min enōpion toiu anthrōpoiu aparniti enōpion toiu angeloiu tou theou.But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10kai pantos hos legati logon eis ton huion tou anthrōpou, afiēkiti auto to de eis tem hagiem pneumem blasfēmaranto ouk afiēkiti.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. 11hotan de ⸀eisferaleiō vin epi tain sunagōgain kai tain archain kai tain exousiain, mē ⸀merimnaveia pōs ⸂ē tinem⸃ apologeveia ē tinem legaveia;When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say. 12tem gar hagiem pneumem didaskati vin en auta ta hōra heim datō legara.For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
13Legata de tinos ⸂ek tou ochlou auto;⸃ Didaskalor, legasar to adelfo mu merizera meta mu tan klēronomian.Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14tos de legata auto; Anthrōpor, tinos min katastēata ⸀kriton ē meriston epi vin?But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?” 15legata de pros autoin; Horavōr kai fulassovōr apo ⸀pantau pleonexiau, hoti ouk en te perisseuarō tino tas zōas ⸀autou atō ek teiu huparcharōnteiu ⸀auto.And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16legata de parabolan pros autoin legarōntos; Anthrōpou tinou plousiou euforata tas chōras.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. 17kai dialogizote en ⸀heauto legarōntos; Tinem poiameia, hoti ouk echamō pou sunagami toin karpoin mu?So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18kai legata; Houtem poiami; kathairami mu tain apothēkain kai megoterain oikodomami, kai sunagami ekei panton ⸂ton siton⸃ kai teim agatheim mu,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 grain and my goods. 19kai legami ta psucha mu; Psuchar, echasō polleim agatheim keiorōnteim eis eteim polleim; anapauosōr, esthiasar, pinasar, eufranosōr.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!”’ 20legata de auto tos theos; ⸀Afronor, houta ta nukta tan psuchan su ⸀apaitalō apo su; heim de hetoimazasa, tino eti?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?’ 21houtōs tos thēsaurizarōntos ⸀heauto kai mē eis theon ploutarōntos.This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
22Legata de pros toin mathētoin autou; Dia houtem ⸂legamō vi,⸃ mē merimnavōr ta ⸀psucha tinem esthiaveia, mēde te ⸀sōme tinem endueveia.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. 23tas ⸀gar psuchas polloterem atō tau trofēau kai tem sōmem teu endumeu.For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24katanoavar toin korakoin hoti ouk speralō oude therizalō, hoi ouk atō tameiem oude apothēkas, kai tos theos trefatō autoin; pose mallon vis diaferavō teiu peteineiu.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! 25tinos de ek vu merimnarōntos dunotō ⸂epi tan hēlikian autou prostithara⸃ ⸀pēchon?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? 26ei oun ⸀oude elachistem dunovō, tinem peri teiu loipeiu merimnavō?So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest? 27katanoavar teim krineim pōs auxanatō; ouk kopiatō oude nēthatō; legamō de vi, oude Solomōnos en panta ta doxa autou peribaleta hōs henem houteiu.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. 28ei de ⸂en agro ton chorton arōnton sēmeron⸃ kai aurion eis klibanon balorōnton tos theos houtōs ⸀amfiazatō, pose mallon vin, oligopistoir.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! 29kai vis mē zētavōr tinem esthiaveia ⸀kai tinem pinaveia, kai mē meteōrizovōr,And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. 30houteim gar panteim teim ethneim tou kosmou ⸀epizētalō, vu de tos patros oidatē hoti chrēzavō houteiu.For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31plēn zētavōr tan basileian ⸀autou, kai ⸀houteim prostithiti vi.But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
32Mē fobosōr, tem mikrem poimniem, hoti eudokata tos patros vu dōara vi tan basileian.Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. 33pōlavar teim huparcharōnteim vu kai dōavar eleēmosunan; poiavar heautoi ballantieim mē palaiorōnteim, thēsauron anekleipton en toi ouranoi, hopou kleptos ouk engizatō oude sētos diaftheratō;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. 34hopou gar atō tos thēsauros vu, ekei kai tas kardias vu eti.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35Alōr vu tais osfuais perizōnorēntais kai tois luchnois kaiorōntois,Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning. 36kai vis homoiois anthrōpoi prosdechorōntoi ton kurion heautoiu pote analuateia ek toiu gamoiu, hina ercharantou kai krouarantou eutheōs anoigaleia auto.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. 37makariois tois doulois ekeinois, hoin ercharantos tos kurios heuriskati grēgorarōntoin; amēn legamō vi hoti perizōneti kai anaklinati autoin kai parercharantos diakonati autoi.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. 38⸂kan en ta deutera kan⸃ en ta trita fulaka erchateia kai heuriskateia houtōs, makariois ⸀alō ekeinois.Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
39Houtem de gnōskavōr hoti ei oidatelē tos oikodespotos poia hōra tos kleptos erchotō, ⸂ouk an⸃ afiēkata ⸀diorussira ton oikon autou.But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40kai ⸀vis genovōr hetoimois, hoti ha hōra ouk dokavō tos huios tou anthrōpou erchotō.You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
41Legata ⸀de tos Petros; Kurior, pros nin tan parabolan houtan legasō ē kai pros pantoin?“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?” 42⸂kai legata⸃ tos kurios; Tinos ara atō tos pistos oikonomos, ⸀tos fronimos, hon katastēati tos kurios epi tau therapeiau autou teu dōarō en kairo ⸀tem sitometriem?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? 43makarios tos doulos ekeinos, hon ercharantos tos kurios autou heuriskati poiarōnton houtōs;Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 44alēthōs legamō vi hoti epi pantei tei huparcharōntei autou katastēati auton.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45ean de legateia tos doulos ekeinos en ta kardia autou; Chronizatō tos kurios mu erchorō, kai archeteia tuptarō toin paidoin kai tain paidiskain, esthiarō tē kai pinarō kai methuskorō,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. 46hēkati tos kurios tou doulou ekeinou en hēmera ha ouk prosdokatō kai en hōra ha ouk gnōskatō, kai dichotomati auton kai tem merem autou meta toiu apistoiu tithati.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. 47ekeinos de tos doulos tos gnōskarantos tem thelēmem tou kuriou ⸀autou kai mē hetoimazarantos ⸀ē poiarantos pros tem thelēmem autou deriti pollain;That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. 48tos de mē gnōskarantos poiarantos de axieim plēgaiu deriti oligain. panto de ho dōita pollem, pollem zētiti para autou, kai ho paratithela pollem, perissoterem aitali auton.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.
49Purem erchama balara ⸀epi tan gēan, kai tinem thelamō ei ēdē anaptita?I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50baptismem de echamō baptizira, kai pōs sunechomō heōs ⸀hotinou teliteia.But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! 51dokavō hoti eirēnan paragenema dōara en ta gēa? ouchi, legamō vi, alla ē diamerismon.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52eli gar apo tou nun pente en ⸂heno oiko⸃ diamerizorēntois, treis epi duo kai duo epi treis,From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. 53⸀diamerizili patros epi huio kai huios epi patro, mētēras ⸀epi ⸀thugatran kai thugatras epi ⸂tan mētēran,⸃ pentheras epi tan numfan autau kai numfas epi tan ⸀pentheran.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.”
54Legate de kai toi ochloi; Hotan ⸀horaveia nefelan anatellarōntan ⸀epi dusmaiu, eutheōs legavō ⸀hoti Ombros erchotō, kai genotō houtōs;Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens. 55kai hotan noton pnarōnton, legavō hoti Kausōnos eti, kai genotō.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is. 56hupokritoir, tem prosōpem tau gēau kai tou ouranou oidavē dokimazarō, ton ⸂de kairon⸃ houton pōs ⸂ouk oidavē dokimazarō?⸃You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
57Tinem de kai apo heautoiu ouk krinavō tem dikaiem?And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58hōs gar hupagasō meta tou antidikou su epi archonton, en ta hoda dōasar ergasian apallaxorē apo autou, mēpote katasurateiō sin pros ton kriton, kai tos kritos sin ⸀paradōati to praktoro, kai tos praktoros sin ⸀balati eis fulakan.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. 59legamō si, ouk mē exerchaseia ekeithen heōs ⸂kai tem⸃ eschatem leptem apodōaseia.I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
Textual notes58
1 ⸂hotinas atō hupokrisias toiu Farisaioiu⸃ some edd. reverse. 5 ⸂echarōnton exousian⸃ Byz reverses. 6 ⸀pōlolō Byz pōlotō. 7 ⸀mē Byz +oun. 8 ⸀homologateia mod. edd. homologati. 11 ⸀eisferaleiō Byz προσφέρωσιν. ⸀merimnaveia Byz μεριμνᾶτε. ⸂ē tinem⸃ mod. edd. omit. 13 ⸂ek tou ochlou auto⸃ some edd. reverse. 14 ⸀kriton Byz dikaston. 15 ⸀pantau Byz tau. ⸀autou Byz αὐτῷ. ⸀auto Byz αὐτοῦ. 17 ⸀heauto mod. edd. heauto. 18 ⸂ton siton⸃ Byz teim genēmeim mu. 20 ⸀Afronor Byz Ἄφρον. ⸀apaitalō mod. edd. αἰτοῦσιν. 21 ⸀heauto mod. edd. heauto. 22 ⸂legamō vi⸃ Byz reverses. ⸀psucha Byz +vu. ⸀sōme mod. edd. +vu. 23 ⸀gar Byz omits. 25 ⸂epi tan hēlikian autou prostithara⸃ some edd. reverse. ⸀pēchon some edd. +henon. 26 ⸀oude Byz oute. 28 ⸂en agro ton chorton arōnton sēmeron⸃ some edd. τὸν χόρτον σήμερον ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ὄντα; Byz τὸν χόρτον ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ σήμερον ὄντα. ⸀amfiazatō Byz amfiennuatō. 29 ⸀kai Byz ē. 30 ⸀epizētalō Byz epizētatō. 31 ⸀autou Byz tou theou. ⸀houteim Byz +πάντα. 38 ⸂kan en ta deutera kan⸃ Byz kai ean erchateia en ta deutera fulaka kai. ⸀alō some edd. +οἱ δοῦλοι. 39 ⸂ouk an⸃ other edd. grēgorata an kai ouk; Byz grēgorata an kai ouk an. ⸀diorussira some edd. διορυγῆναι. 40 ⸀vis Byz +oun. 41 ⸀de Byz +αὐτῷ. 42 ⸂kai legata⸃ Byz legata de. ⸀tos Byz kai. ⸀tem mod. edd. omit. 47 ⸀autou Byz ἑαυτοῦ. ⸀ē some edd. mēde. 49 ⸀epi Byz eis. 50 ⸀hotinou Byz οὗ. 52 ⸂heno oiko⸃ Byz reverses. 53 ⸀diamerizili Byz Διαμερισθήσεται. ⸀epi mod. edd. +tan. ⸀thugatran Byz thugatra. ⸂tan mētēran⸃ Byz mētēra. ⸀pentheran Byz +autau. 54 ⸀horaveia some edd. +tan. ⸀epi some edd. apo. ⸀hoti Byz omits. 56 ⸂de kairon⸃ mod. edd. reverse. ⸂ouk oidavē dokimazarō⸃ Byz ouk dokimazavōr. 58 ⸀paradōati Byz paradōateia. ⸀balati Byz balateia. 59 ⸂kai tem⸃ Byz οὗ καὶ τὸν.