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Luke 12:57 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? "

Luke 12:57

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55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.

56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?

57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

58 For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

59 I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”

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Luke 12:1

"Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."

Luke 12:2

"But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known."

Luke 12:3

"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops."

Luke 12:4

"“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."

Luke 12:5

"But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him."

Luke 12:6

"“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God."

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