Luke 12:27-59 ▼

27 Consider the Lylies how they growe, they labour not, they spinne not: and yet I say vnto you, that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these.

28 If God so clothe the grasse, whiche is to daye in the fielde, and to morowe is cast into the furnasse, howe much more wyll he clothe you, O ye of litle fayth?

29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:

30 For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for: and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges.

31 But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.

32 Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome.

33 Sell that ye haue, and geue almes: and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thiefe cometh, neither moth corrupteth.

34 For where your treasure is, there wyl your hearte be also.

35 Let your loynes be girde about, and your lyghtes brennyng,

36 And ye your selues like vnto men, that wayte for their Lorde, when he wyll returne from the weddyng, that when he commeth, and knocketh, they maye open vnto hym immediatly.

37 Happy are those seruauntes, who the Lorde, when he commeth, shall fynde wakyng. Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall girde him selfe, and make them to syt downe to meate, and wyll come foorth, and minister vnto them.

38 And yf he come in the seconde watche, yea if he come in the thirde watche, and fynde them so, happye are those seruauntes.

39 This vnderstande, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be dygged through.

40 Be ye therfore redy also, for ye sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not.

41 Then Peter saide vnto him: Maister, tellest thou this similitude vnto vs, or to all men?

42 And the Lorde saide: Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them their portion of meate in due season?

43 Happye is that seruaunt, whom his lorde when he commeth, shall fynde so doyng.

44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

45 But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken,

46 The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers.

47 And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll, and prepared not hym selfe, neither dyd accordyng to his wyll, shalbe beaten with many strypes.

48 But he that knewe not, and did comit thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whosoeuer much is geuen, of him shalbe much required: and to whom men haue committed much, of hym wyl they aske the more.

49 I am come to sende fire on ye earth, and what is my desire, but that it be alredye kindled?

50 Notwithstandyng, I must be baptized with a baptisme, and howe am I payned tyll it be ended?

51 Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on earth? I tell you naye, but rather deuision.

52 For fro hencefoorth there shalbe fyue in one house deuided, three against two, and two against three.

53 The father shalbe deuided against the sonne, and the sonne against the father: The mother agaynst the daughter, and the daughter agaynst the mother: The mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe, and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe.

54 He sayde also to the people: When ye see a cloude rise out of the west, straightway ye say there cometh a showre, and so it is.

55 And whe ye see the south wynd blow, ye say it wyll be hotte, and it commeth to passe.

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the skye, and of the earth: but howe is it that ye cannot discerne this tyme?

57 Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght?

58 When thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the waye, geue diligence that thou mayest be deliuered from hym, lest he bryng thee to the iudge, and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler, and the iayler caste thee into prison.

59 I tel thee, thou shalt not depart thence, tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite.