God’s Word For Today

📖 Luke 12:54–56 (ESV) 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?” The...

📖 Luke 12:49–53 (ESV) 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  ...

📖 Luke 12:41–48 (ESV) 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 whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44  Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his posses...

📖  Luke 12:35–40 (ESV) 35  “Stay dressed for action 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 whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at ta...

📖 LUKE 12:32–34 (ESV) 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.” Jesus speaks ten...

📖  Luke 12:22–31 (ESV) 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 bi...

📖 Luke 12:13–21 (ESV) 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 lan...

📖  Luke 12:10–12 (ESV) 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...

📖 Luke 12:6–7 (ESV) 6  Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? 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. After calling His disciples to fear God rightly, Jesus now comforts them with assurance. The God who holds eternal authority is also the God who knows every detail of our lives. Th...

📖 Luke 12:8–9 (ESV) 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.” Jesus speaks plainly about loyalty and confession. Faith is not meant to remain hidden. Those who openly acknowledge Christ on earth will be acknowledged by Him in heaven. T...

📖  Luke 11:37–44 (ESV) 37  While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. 38  The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39  And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40  You fools! Did not he who made the outs...

📖 Luke 12:4–5 (ESV) 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. Yes, I tell you, fear him!” Jesus speaks words of clarity and courage to His disciples. In a world filled with opposition and threats, He redirects their fear...

📖  Luke 11:45–52 (ESV) 45  One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” 46  And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47  Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. 48  So you are witnesses and you consent to...

📖  Luke 11:37–44 (ESV) 37  While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. 38  The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39  And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40  You fools! Did not he who made the outs...

📖 Luke 11:33–36 (ESV) 33  “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34  Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. 35  Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. 36  If then your whole body is full...

📖 Luke 11:29–32 (ESV) 29  When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. 30  For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31  The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn t...

📖  Luke 11:27–28 (ESV) 27  As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28  But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” A woman praises Jesus by honoring His mother—but Jesus redirects the focus. True blessing is not found in physical connection or admirat...

📖 Luke 11:24–26 (ESV) 24  “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25  And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26  Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that pers...

📖  Luke 11:14–23 (ESV) 14  Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled. 15  But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,” 16  while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. 17  But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is lai...

📖  Luke 11:11–13 (ESV) 11  What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12  or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,  how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! Jesus assures His disciples that God is not reluctant, harsh,...

📖  Luke 11:5–10 (ESV) 5  And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6  for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7  and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything’? 8  I te...

📖 Luke 11:1–4 (ESV) 1  Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2  And he said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3   Give us each day our daily bread, 4   and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And...

📖 Luke 10:38–42 (ESV) 38  Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39  And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40  But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to hel...

📖  Luke 10:25–37 (ESV) 25  And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26  He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27  And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28  And...

📖  Luke 10:17–20 (ESV) 17  The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18  And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19  Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20  Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are...