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Luke 12:14

12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
KJV
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
WEB
But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
ASV
But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
DARBY
But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?
BLB
And He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or divider over you⁺?”
ÅB
Men han sa til ham: Menneske! hvem har satt meg til dommer eller skifter over dere?
OTB
Men Han svarte, “Mann, hvem har satt Meg til dommer eller megler over dere?”
B1930
Men han sa til ham: Menneske! hvem har satt mig til dommer eller skifter over eder?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 9:20

    But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

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  • Romans 2:3

    So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

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  • John 6:15

    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

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  • Exodus 2:14

    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

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  • Romans 2:1

    You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

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  • Luke 5:20

    When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

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  • Micah 6:8

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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  • John 18:35–36

    “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”

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