Luke 12:16
14 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.”
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
- KJV
- And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- WEB
- He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
- ASV
- And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- DARBY
- And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- BLB
- And He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- ÅB
- Og han fortalte dem en lignelse og sa: Der var en rik mann hvis jord bar godt;
- OTB
- Og Han fortalte dem en lignelse og sa, “Jorden til en viss rik mann var meget fruktbar.
- B1930
- Og han fortalte dem en lignelse og sa: Der var en rik mann hvis jord bar godt;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:12–14
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Read in contextGenesis 41:47–49
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
Read in contextHosea 2:8
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.
Read in contextPsalms 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Read in contextMatthew 5:45
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Read in contextJob 12:6
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
Read in contextPsalms 73:3
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Read in contextActs 14:17
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
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