Luke 12:21
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
- KJV
- So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
- WEB
- So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
- ASV
- So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
- DARBY
- Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
- BLB
- So [is] the one treasuring up for himself and not being rich toward God.”
- ÅB
- Slik er det med den som samler seg skatter og ikke er rik i Gud.
- OTB
- Slik vil det være for enhver som samler seg skatter for seg selv, men ikke er rik overfor Gud.”
- B1930
- Således er det med den som samler sig skatter og ikke er rik i Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:19–20
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Read in contextLuke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Read in contextJames 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Read in contextJames 5:1–3
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:18–19
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Read in contextRevelation 2:9
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Read in contextHosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
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