Luke 12:5 "But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him!
Luke 12:6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
Luke 12:7 "Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
Luke 12:8 ¶ "And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God;
Luke 12:9 but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
Luke 12:10 "And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.
Luke 12:11 "When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say;
Luke 12:12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."
Luke 12:13 ¶ Someone in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me."
Luke 12:14 But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?"
Luke 12:15 Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."
Luke 12:16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive.
Luke 12:17 "And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'
Luke 12:18 "Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luke 12:19 'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'
Luke 12:20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?'
Luke 12:21 "So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Luke 12:22 ¶ And He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.
Luke 12:23 "For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Luke 12:24 "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!