Luke 12:21

Just like that is he who accumulates treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

In Context

20But God said to him: ‘Stupid! This very night your life is being taken back from you; then who will get the things you have prepared?’

22Then He said to His disciples: “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will wear.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust ruin and where thieves break in and steal;

Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make for yourselves ‘purses’ that will not wear out, an unfailing treasure in the heavens, where a thief cannot approach, nor a moth destroy.

Romans 2:5Rather, due to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up wrath for yourself in the day of God's wrath and revelation and righteous judgment,

1 Timothy 6:18they are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous sharers

James 5:1Come now, you rich, howl as you weep over your distresses that are coming upon you!

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 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: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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