Luke 12:17
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.
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.
19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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
- So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- KJV
- And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
- WEB
- He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
- ASV
- and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
- DARBY
- And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.
- BLB
- And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store up my fruits?’
- ÅB
- og han tenkte ved seg selv: Hva skal jeg gjøre? jeg har ikke rom til å samle min grøde i.
- OTB
- Og han tenkte med seg selv, ‘Hva skal jeg gjøre, siden jeg ikke har noe sted å lagre avlingene mine?’
- B1930
- og han tenkte ved sig selv: Hvad skal jeg gjøre? jeg har ikke rum til å samle min grøde i.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Read in contextRomans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:6–15
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Read in contextActs 16:30
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Read in context1 John 3:16
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Read in contextLuke 19:17
His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
Read in contextLuke 18:22
On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
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