Luke 12:1
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“In 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.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ὄχλος
crowd
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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πρῶτος
first;
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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ὅς
these times
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ὅς
Who, which, that, the one who. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. God finishes what He starts.
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λέγω
to say
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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ἑαυτοῦ
to yourselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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προσέχω
do take heed
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προσέχω
(figuratively) to hold the mind (3563 implied) towards, i.e. pay attention to, be cautious about, apply oneself to, adhere to
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ὥστε
so as
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ὥστε
so too, i.e. thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
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Φαρισαῖος
Pharisees.
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Φαρισαῖος
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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ὑπόκρισις
hypocrisy
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ὑπόκρισις
acting under a feigned part, i.e. (figuratively) deceit ("hypocrisy")
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μυριάς
myriads
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μυριάς
a ten-thousand; by extension, a "myriad" or indefinite number
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καταπατέω
to trample upon
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καταπατέω
to trample down; figuratively, to reject with disdain
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ἐπισυνάγω
when were gathering
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ἐπισυνάγω
to collect upon the same place
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ζύμη
leaven
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ζύμη
ferment (as if boiling up)
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