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Luke 12:14

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

13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 9:20

    Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

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  • Romans 2:3

    And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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  • John 6:15

    When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

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  • Exodus 2:14

    And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.

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  • Romans 2:1

    Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

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  • Luke 5:20

    And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.

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  • Micah 6:8

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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  • John 18:35–36

    Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

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