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Text -- Luke 12:1-19 (NET)
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Fear God, Not People
12:1 Meanwhile , when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another , Jesus began to speak first to his disciples , “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees , which is hypocrisy .
12:2 Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed , and nothing is secret that will not be made known .
12:3 So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light , and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops .
12:4 “I tell you , my friends , do not be afraid of those who kill the body , and after that have nothing more they can do .
12:5 But I will warn you whom you should fear : Fear the one who, after the killing , has authority to throw you into hell . Yes , I tell you , fear him !
12:6 Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies ? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God .
12:7 In fact , even the hairs on your head are all numbered . Do not be afraid ; you are more valuable than many sparrows .
12:8 “I tell you , whoever acknowledges me before men , the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God’s angels .
12:9 But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God’s angels .
12:10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven , but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven .
12:11 But when they bring you before the synagogues , the rulers , and the authorities , do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say ,
12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say .”
The Parable of the Rich Landowner
12:13 Then someone from the crowd said to him , “Teacher , tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me .”
12:14 But Jesus said to him , “Man , who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”
12:15 Then he said to them , “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed , because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions .”
12:16 He then told them a parable : “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop ,
12:17 so he thought to himself , ‘What should I do , for I have nowhere to store my crops ?’
12:18 Then he said , ‘I will do this : I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones , and there I will store all my grain and my goods .
12:19 And I will say to myself , “You have plenty of goods stored up for many years ; relax , eat , drink , celebrate !”’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 |
Commandments |
Minister |
Sparrow |
Greed |
Rich, The |
OSTRACA |
LAZARUS |
Fool |
Self-indulgence |
Happiness |
Judgment |
Self-delusion |
Sin |
Barn |
Angel |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Luk 12:1; Luk 12:1; Luk 12:1; Luk 12:1; Luk 12:1; Luk 12:2; Luk 12:2; Luk 12:3; Luk 12:3; Luk 12:3; Luk 12:3; Luk 12:4; Luk 12:4; Luk 12:5; Luk 12:5; Luk 12:5; Luk 12:5; Luk 12:6; Luk 12:7; Luk 12:8; Luk 12:8; Luk 12:8; Luk 12:8; Luk 12:10; Luk 12:10; Luk 12:11; Luk 12:11; Luk 12:11; Luk 12:11; Luk 12:12; Luk 12:12; Luk 12:13; Luk 12:13; Luk 12:14; Luk 12:14; Luk 12:14; Luk 12:15; Luk 12:15; Luk 12:15; Luk 12:16; Luk 12:16; Luk 12:16; Luk 12:17; Luk 12:17; Luk 12:17; Luk 12:18; Luk 12:18; Luk 12:19
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NET Notes: Luk 12:2 I.e., be revealed by God. The passive voice verbs here (“be revealed,” be made known”) see the revelation as coming from God. The te...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:3 The expression “proclaimed from the housetops” is an idiom for proclaiming something publicly (L&N 7.51). Roofs of many first century ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:5 The word translated hell is “Gehenna” (γέεννα, geenna), a Greek transliteration of the Hebrew words ge hinno...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:6 The pennies refer to the assarion, a small Roman copper coin. One of them was worth one sixteenth of a denarius or less than a half hour’s avera...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:7 Do not be afraid. One should respect and show reverence to God (v. 5), but need not fear his tender care.
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NET Notes: Luk 12:8 This acknowledgment will take place at the judgment. Of course, the Son of Man is a reference to Jesus as it has been throughout the Gospel. On Jesus ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:10 Grk “it will not be forgiven the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit.”
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NET Notes: Luk 12:11 Grk “about how or what you should say in your defense,” but this is redundant with the following clause, “or what you should say....
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NET Notes: Luk 12:13 Tell my brother. In 1st century Jewish culture, a figure like a rabbi was often asked to mediate disputes, except that here mediation was not requeste...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:14 The pronoun ὑμᾶς (Jumas) is plural, referring to both the man and his brother; thus the translation “you two.”
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NET Notes: Luk 12:15 Or “avarice,” “covetousness.” Note the warning covers more than money and gets at the root attitude – the strong desire ...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:17 I have nowhere to store my crops. The thinking here is prudent in terms of recognizing the problem. The issue in the parable will be the rich man̵...
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NET Notes: Luk 12:18 Note how often the first person pronoun is present in these verses. The farmer is totally self absorbed.
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