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Luke 12:1–2

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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.
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Luke 12:1Cross-references · 17 ranked passages

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    7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

    8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

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    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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    15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

    16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

    17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

    18Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

    19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

    20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

    21And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?

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    6¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

    7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

    8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

    9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

    10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

    11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

    12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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    3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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    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?

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    17¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

  9. Job 20:5Rank 9
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    5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

  10. Job 27:8Rank 10
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    8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

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    20And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:

  12. Job 36:13Rank 12
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    13But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

  13. Luke 11:44Rank 13
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    44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

  14. Luke 5:1Rank 14
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    1AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

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    15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

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    17¶ And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

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    14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Luke 12:2Cross-references · 8 ranked passages

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    22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

  2. Luke 8:17Rank 2
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    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

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    10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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    14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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    26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

    27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

    28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

    29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

    30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

    31Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

    32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

    33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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    5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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    16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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    11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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Luke 12:1

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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COMBINED MEANING

mean

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Sense 1: To intend, purpose, signify, or have in view; lowly, common, or of little worldly distinction, with ‘no mean’ indicating the opposite; middle or intervening, as in the mean time. Sense 2: A means, instrument, method, or agency by which something is done.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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insomuch

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To such an extent or degree that the stated result follows; so much that, or with the result that.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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beware

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To take heed, be cautious, watch, or guard oneself against a person, act, teaching, danger, or neglect.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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leaven

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Sense 1: Fermented dough used to make other dough rise; figuratively, a spreading influence. Sense 2: To make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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hypocrisy

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Simulation; a feigning to be what one is not; or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character or motives.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hypocracy

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Hypocrisy: pretence or insincerity; an outward appearance concealing contrary intent or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Luke 12:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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covered

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Had a covering placed or spread over; hidden, concealed, enclosed, overlaid, clothed, sheltered, or occupied over the surface or extent of something.

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COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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revealed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reveal, meaning to uncover, disclose, show, or make known what was hidden or unknown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hid

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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12:1IN 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.

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12:2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

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12:3Therefore 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.

12:4And 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.

12:5But 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.

12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

12:7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

12:8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

12:9But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

12:10And 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.

12:11And 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:

12:12For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

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