1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? 7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. 8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 9But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 10And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 11And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? 26If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31¶ But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41¶ Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49¶ I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54¶ And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58¶ When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Protiv licemjerja
(Mt 10:26-27)
1Kad se okupilo tisuće ljudi tako da su već gazili jedni po drugima, Isus najprije počne govoriti svojim učenicima: “Farizejsko se licemjerje širi poput kvasca koji prožme sve tijesto. Čuvajte se da ne budete licemjerni kao oni. 2Jer dolazi vrijeme kad će sve što je skriveno biti otkriveno; sve što je tajno čut će se pred svima. 3Što ste god rekli u tami, čut će se na svjetlu i što ste šaptali u zatvorenim sobama, razglasit će se s krovova da svi čuju!
Ne treba se plašiti
(Mt 10:28-33; 12:31-32; Mk 3:28-29)
4Prijatelji moji, kažem vam, ne bojte se onih koji mogu ubiti samo tijelo, ali vam ne mogu ništa gore učiniti! 5Ali reći ću vam koga se treba bojati. Bojte se Boga koji može ubiti, a zatim baciti u pakao. Njega se bojte!
6Ne prodaje li se pet vrapčića za dva novčića? A Bog ipak ne zaboravi nijednoga od njih. 7A vama su izbrojene i vlasi na glavi. Stoga se ne bojte! Vi ste mu mnogo vredniji od mnoštva vrabaca.
8Tko ovdje na zemlji pred ljudima prizna da pripada meni, za njega ću ja, Sin Čovječji, pred anđelima Božjim priznati da mu pripadam. 9Ali onoga koji mene zaniječe na zemlji odreći ću se pred Božjim anđelima. 10Ipak, onome koji što kaže protiv Sina Čovječjega oprostit će se. Ali onome tko pohuli protiv Svetoga Duha neće se oprostiti.
11A kad vas budu dovodili pred sud u sinagogama, pred poglavare i vlasti, ne brinite se što reći sebi u obranu 12jer će vas Sveti Duh tada poučiti što da kažete.”
Prispodoba o budalastom bogatašu
13Netko iz mnoštva poviče: “Učitelju, molim te, reci mojemu bratu da podijeli sa mnom imanje koje smo dobili u baštinu.”
14Isus mu odgovori: “Čovječe, tko je mene postavio da sudim i dijelim između vas?” 15Onda se obratio svima: “Klonite se svake pohlepe. Ma koliko da obilujete, život se ne sastoji u onomu što posjedujete.”
16Ispriča im zatim prispodobu: “Nekomu je bogatašu zemlja urodila tako obilnom žetvom 17da je razmišljao: ‘Što da radim? Nemam u što skupiti toliku ljetinu. 18Znam! Srušit ću stare žitnice i izgraditi veće pa ću ondje zgrnuti i žito i sva svoja dobra. 19Onda ću svojoj duši reći: Evo, imaš u zalihi obilje za još mnogo godina. Dušo moja, počivaj, jedi, pij i veseli se!’
20Ali Bog mu reče: ‘Neumniče! Još ćeš noćas umrijeti. Komu će onda pripasti sve što si skupio?’
21Neumnik je onaj tko zgrće zemaljsko blago, a ne stječe bogatstvo koje je vrijedno u Božjim očima.”
Ne brinite se!
(Mt 6:25-34)
22Zatim Isus reče učenicima: “Zato vam kažem: Ne brinite se tjeskobno kako ćete preživjeti, što ćete jesti, ni u što ćete obući svoje tijelo! 23Pa život je vredniji od hrane, a tijelo od odjeće. 24Pogledajte gavrane! Niti siju, niti žanju, niti imaju spremišta i žitnice, a Bog ih ipak hrani. A vi ste toliko vredniji od ptica! 25Može li tko od vas sebi brigama produžiti život barem i za jedan dan? 26Pa ako ni to malo ne možete, zašto ste stalno zabrinuti?
27Pogledajte samo poljske ljiljane! Niti se muče niti predu. A kažem vam da se ni kralj Salomon u svoj svojoj raskoši nije zaodjenuo kao jedan od njih. 28Pa ako Bog tako odijeva poljsku travu koja danas jest, a već se sutra baca u peć, zar se neće još i više brinuti za vas, malovjerni? 29Zato i vi: ne brinite se i ne uznemirujte oko toga što ćete jesti i piti 30jer tako čine nevjernici ovoga svijeta. Vaš Otac zna da vam je sve to potrebno. 31Stoga najprije tražite kraljevstvo njegovo pa će vam se i to nadodati.
32Ne boj se, malo stado. Vašemu se Ocu svidjelo da vam dade kraljevstvo.
33Prodajte svoju imovinu i dajte je kao milostinju! Tako ćete sebi spremiti blago na nebesima, kamo lopovi ne dolaze i gdje ga moljci neće izgristi. 34Jer gdje vam je blago, ondje će vam biti i srce.”
Treba budno čekati Gospodnji dolazak
(Mt 24:45-51)
35“Budite pripravni, posve obučeni i neka vam svjetiljka gori 36kao da čekate povratak svojega gospodara sa svadbene gozbe da budete spremni otvoriti mu vrata čim stigne i pokuca. 37Blago onim slugama koje gospodar na povratku nađe bdjeti. Zaista vam kažem, on će privezati pregaču, reći im da sjednu za stol i sam ih poslužiti da jedu. 38Možda će doći usred noći ili pred zoru.12:38 U grčkome: O drugoj ili o trećoj straži. Blago onima koje nađe bdjeti.
39Znajte: kad bi vlasnik kuće znao kada će doći lopov, ne bi mu dopustio da u nju provali. 40Budite i vi stalno pripravni jer će Sin Čovječji doći kad mu se i ne nadate.”
41“Gospodine, jesi li tu prispodobu ispričao samo nama ili svima?” upita Petar.
Vjerni i razumni upravitelj
42Isus mu reče: “Tko je dakle onaj vjerni i razumni upravitelj kojega će gospodar postaviti da upravlja ukućanima i da im daje hranu u pravo vrijeme? 43Blago onome koga gospodar, kada dođe, nađe da tako čini! 44Zaista vam kažem, povjerit će mu da upravlja svim njegovim imanjem. 45Ali ako sluga pomisli: ‘Gospodar se još neće vratiti’ pa počne tući sluge i sluškinje te jesti, piti i opijati se, 46gospodar će doći u dan kad mu se ne nada i u čas u koji neće ni slutiti. Nemilosrdno će ga kazniti i odrediti mu usud među nevjernicima.
47Onaj koji je znao volju svojega gospodara, ali nije tako činio i nije bdio, bit će strogo kažnjen. 48Ali tko nije znao da to što čini zaslužuje kaznu, bit će kažnjen blaže. Kome je mnogo dano, od njega će se mnogo i tražiti. Od onoga kojemu je mnogo povjereno više će se tražiti.”
Zbog Isusa će nastati razdor
(Mt 10:34-36)
49“Došao sam baciti oganj suda na zemlju. Kako bih želio da je već planuo! 50Ali valja mi se krstiti trpljenjem i tako sam tjeskoban dok se to ne završi! 51Mislite li da sam na zemlju došao donijeti mir? Nipošto. Došao sam donijeti razdor. 52Jer odsad će nastajati razdori u obitelji: troje će ljudi biti na mojoj strani, a protiv drugih dvoje i obrnuto. 53Otac će biti protiv sina i sin protiv oca, majka protiv kćeri i kći protiv majke, svekrva protiv snahe i snaha protiv svekrve.”
Znaci vremena
(Mt 16:2-3; 5:25-26)
54Reče zatim mnoštvu: “Kad opazite da se na zapadu gomilaju oblaci, znate reći: Kiša će! 55A kad zapuše južnjak, kažete: Bit će vruće! I bude vrućina. 56Licemjeri! Izgled zemlje i neba znate protumačiti. Kako onda ne znate protumačiti znake vremena?
57Zašto sami ne želite uvidjeti što je pravo? 58Kad s protivnikom ideš na sud, pokušaj se s njim nagoditi da spor ne završi na sudu jer te sudac može osuditi i predati izvršitelju da te baci u tamnicu. 59A onda, kažem ti, nećeš odande izići dok ne isplatiš sve do posljednjeg novčića.”
