Luke 12
Luke 12
"What was happening "in the meantime"? (Luke 11:53-54)
What was happening because so many people had gathered together? (verse 1)
Who did Jesus speak to first? (verse 1)
What did Jesus say the leaven of the Pharisees was? (verse 1)
What does Jesus say about things that are covered? (verse 2)
What does Jesus say about things that are hidden? (verse 2)
Where will what is said in the dark be heard? (verse 3)
Where will what is whispered in private rooms be proclaimed? (verse 3)
How does Jesus address His disciples? (verse 4)
Who does Jesus tell them not to fear? (Verse 4)
Who does Jesus warn the disciples to fear? (verse 5)
What authority does He have? (verse 5)
How many sparrows are mentioned? (verse 6)
How many pennies are mentioned? (Verse 6)
What does Jesus say about each one of the five sparrows? (verse 6)
What does Jesus say about the hairs of our heads? (verse 7)
"Fear ______; you are of more value than ______ sparrows."
“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before ________, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one who denies me before ________ will be denied before the angels of God." (Verse 8-9)
"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be _______________, but the one who blasphemes against the _____ __________ will not be forgiven." (verse 10)
"And ________ they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Verse 11-12) (HALLELUJAH!)
Who spoke to Jesus next? (Verse 13)
How did they address Jesus? (Verse 13)
What does he ask Jesus to do? (Verse 13)
How does Jesus address him? (Verse 14)
What question does Jesus ask? (Verse 14)
Who does Jesus address? (verse 15)
“Take care, and be on your guard against ____ covetousness, for one's ____ does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (verse 15)
What happens before the rich man thinks to himself these things? (verse 16-19)
What did the rich man think he was going to do? (Verse 18-19)
How did God address him? (verse 20)
When does God say his soul is required of him? (verse 20)
What question does God ask? (verse 20)
"So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not _____ toward God.” - (verse 21)
Who did Jesus address in verse 22?
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing." -(verse 22-23)
"Consider the ____________: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!" (Verse 24)
"And which of you by being anxious can add a ______ _____ to his span of life?" (verse 25)
"If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about ____ ___________?" (verse 26)
"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[d] yet I tell you, even _________ in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." (verse 27)
"But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the _________ today, and tomorrow is thrown into the ________, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!" (verse 28)
"And do not ____________ what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be ______________." (Verse 29)
"For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them." (Verse 30)
"Instead, ______________ his[e] kingdom, and these things ________ be added to you." (verse 31)
Who did Jesus address in verse 22?
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing." -(verse 22-23)
"Consider the ____________: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!" (Verse 24)
"And which of you by being anxious can add a ______ _____ to his span of life?" (verse 25)
"If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about ____ ___________?" (verse 26)
"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[d] yet I tell you, even _________ in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." (verse 27)
"But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the _________ today, and tomorrow is thrown into the ________, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!" (verse 28)
"And do not ____________ what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be ______________." (Verse 29)
"For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them." (Verse 30)
"Instead, ______________ his[e] kingdom, and these things ________ be added to you." (verse 31)
“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's _________ ____________ to give you the kingdom." (verse 32)
"Sell your _________________, and give to the ___________. ______________ yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." (verse 33)
"For where your treasure _____, there _______ your heart be also." (verse 34)
"Sell your _________________, and give to the ___________. ______________ yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys." (verse 33)
"For where your treasure _____, there _______ your heart be also." (verse 34)
“Stay dressed for action[f] and keep your lamps burning," (verse 35)
What does Jesus say we should be like? (verse 36)
Who are the men waiting for? (verse 35)
Where is their master coming home from? (Verse 35)
What are they eagerly looking to do? (verse 36)
When will they do this? (verse 36)
Who are blessed? (Verse 37)
What will the master do? (verse 37)
What will he have his servants do? (verse 37)
What will the master do for his servants? (verse 37)
"If he comes in the _________ watch, or in the ____________, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the master of the house had __________ at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man ___ coming at an hour you do not ______________.” (verse 38-40)
Who speaks to Jesus next? (verse 41)
How does Peter address Jesus? (Verse 41)
What is Peter's question? (verse 41)
How does Jesus answer? (Verse 42)
What are the two descriptions of the manager (Verse 42)
"whom his master will set over his household, to give them their ____________ of ________ at the _____________ time?" (verse 42)
Who does Jesus say is blessed? (verse 43)
What will the master do? (Verse 44)
"Truly, I say to you, he ______ set him over all his possessions." (verse 44)
"But if that _____________ says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not _____________ him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the _______________." Verse 45-46)
"And that servant who knew his master's will but did not ____ __________ or _______ according to his will, ________ receive a severe beating." (verse 47)
"But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, _______ receive a _______ beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be ____________, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they __________ demand the more." (verse 48)
What does Jesus say we should be like? (verse 36)
Who are the men waiting for? (verse 35)
Where is their master coming home from? (Verse 35)
What are they eagerly looking to do? (verse 36)
When will they do this? (verse 36)
Who are blessed? (Verse 37)
What will the master do? (verse 37)
What will he have his servants do? (verse 37)
What will the master do for his servants? (verse 37)
"If he comes in the _________ watch, or in the ____________, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the master of the house had __________ at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man ___ coming at an hour you do not ______________.” (verse 38-40)
Who speaks to Jesus next? (verse 41)
How does Peter address Jesus? (Verse 41)
What is Peter's question? (verse 41)
How does Jesus answer? (Verse 42)
What are the two descriptions of the manager (Verse 42)
"whom his master will set over his household, to give them their ____________ of ________ at the _____________ time?" (verse 42)
Who does Jesus say is blessed? (verse 43)
What will the master do? (Verse 44)
"Truly, I say to you, he ______ set him over all his possessions." (verse 44)
"But if that _____________ says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not _____________ him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the _______________." Verse 45-46)
"And that servant who knew his master's will but did not ____ __________ or _______ according to his will, ________ receive a severe beating." (verse 47)
"But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, _______ receive a _______ beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be ____________, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they __________ demand the more." (verse 48)
“I _________ to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!" (verse 49)
"I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my ______________ until it is accomplished!" (Verse 50)
"Do you think that I have come to __________ peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather _____________." (verse 51)
"For from _________ on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” (verse 52-53)
Who did Jesus then address? (verse 54)
What does He say happens before they say at once "A shower is coming"? (verse 54)
What does Jesus say happens? (Verse 54)
What does He say happens before they say, "there will be scorching heat?". (verse 55)
How does Jesus address them? (Verse 56)
What question does Jesus ask them? (Verse 56)
What does Jesus ask them in verse 57?
"As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an ___________ to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison." (verse 58)
"I tell you, you _________ never get out until you have paid the very last penny." (verse 59)
"I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my ______________ until it is accomplished!" (Verse 50)
"Do you think that I have come to __________ peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather _____________." (verse 51)
"For from _________ on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” (verse 52-53)
Who did Jesus then address? (verse 54)
What does He say happens before they say at once "A shower is coming"? (verse 54)
What does Jesus say happens? (Verse 54)
What does He say happens before they say, "there will be scorching heat?". (verse 55)
How does Jesus address them? (Verse 56)
What question does Jesus ask them? (Verse 56)
What does Jesus ask them in verse 57?
"As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an ___________ to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison." (verse 58)
"I tell you, you _________ never get out until you have paid the very last penny." (verse 59)
Interpretation:
Verse 24. What is significant about the ravens?
Leviticus 11:13-15, Deuteronomy 14:12-14 describe their place in the Law and here are a few verses to meditate on.
"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food? (Job 38:41)
"The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook." (1 Kings 17:6)
"He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry." (Psalm 147:9)
Verses 13-34.
Can we take it spiritually as well as literally?
In the context of Luke 12:42,
What does it mean to be faithful?
What does it mean to be wise?
What does it mean to be set over his household?
What does it mean to give those of the household their portion of food?
What does it mean to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
Application:
With God's help we will,
Consider the Lillies, and the Ravens,
Sell possessions and give to the needy
"Stay dressed for action[f] and keep your lamps burning" (verse 35)
Help us not to be hypocrites and interpret the the times correctly
And judge what is right correctly
Lord, Please Help us to do your will
Luke 12English Standard Version (ESV)
Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees
12 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
Have No Fear
4 “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell.[a] Yes, I tell you, fear him! 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?[b] And not one of them is forgotten before God.7 Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Acknowledge Christ Before Men
8 “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, 9 but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11 And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
Do Not Be Anxious
22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[c] 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[d] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. 30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his[e] kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
You Must Be Ready
35 “Stay dressed for action[f] and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants[g] whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he[h] would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
41 Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?” 42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant[i] whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. 47 And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. 48 But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Not Peace, but Division
49 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Interpreting the Time
54 He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. 55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Settle with Your Accuser
57 “And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? 58 As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. 59 I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”[j]
Footnotes:
- Luke 12:5 Greek Gehenna
- Luke 12:6 Greek two assaria; an assarion was a Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)
- Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
- Luke 12:27 Some manuscripts Consider the lilies; they neither spin nor weave
- Luke 12:31 Some manuscripts God's
- Luke 12:35 Greek Let your loins stay girded; compare Exodus 12:11
- Luke 12:37 Or bondservants
- Luke 12:39 Some manuscripts add would have stayed awake and
- Luke 12:43 Or bondservant; also verses 45, 46, 47
- Luke 12:59 Greek lepton, a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius(which was a day's wage for a laborer)
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