G1161–δέ–de

And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:

δὲ de “then”

And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

δέ de “then”

But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

δὲ de “And”

And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

δὲ de “then”

And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

δὲ de “then”

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

δὲ de “then”δὲ de “now”

And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

δὲ de “then”

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

δὲ de “now”

Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

δὲ de “however”

But if God gives such clothing to the grass in the field, which today is living, and tomorrow will be burned in the oven, how much more will he give clothing to you, O men of little faith?

δὲ de “however”

For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

δὲ de “now”

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

δὲ de “however”

And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

δὲ de “then”

And the Lord said, Who then is the wise and responsible servant whom his lord will put in control of his family, to give them their food at the right time?

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But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

δὲ de “however”

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

δὲ de “now”

But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.

δὲ de “however”δὲ de “however”δὲ de “now”

But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

δὲ de “however”

Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

δὲ de “now”

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

δὲ de “however”

And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

δὲ de “now”

Now some people who were there at that time, gave him an account of how the blood of some Galilaeans had been mixed by Pilate with their offerings.

δέ de “now”

And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

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And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

δὲ de “then”

And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile:

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