Luke 12:16

And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach spoke a mashal (parable) to them saying, An aza (certain) oisher (rich man) had land that produced a good crop.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Take care and be shomer against all chamdanut (covetousness), because the Chayyei HaAdam does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. + 12:15 Job 20:20; 31:24; Ps 62:10

17And he was thinking to himself, saying, What should I do? Because I do not have a place where I will store my crops.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:12Then Yitzchak sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and Hashem blessed him.

Job 12:6The ohalim of shodedim (robbers) remain in peace; 1 they that defy El are secure, 1 who Eloah brought forth by His yad. 1

Psalms 73:3For I had kina (envy) of the holelim (arrogant ones), 1 when I saw the shalom of the resha'im. 1

Hosea 2:8Therefore, hinei, I will hedge up thy path with thorns, 1 and wall in her wall, 1 that she shall not find her netivah (way). 1

Acts 14:17And yet Hashem did not leave himself without an eidus (witness) in doing hatovim to you, giving geshem from Shomayim and seasons of bearing p'ri, filling you with okhel and your levavot with simcha. + 14:17 Dt 11:14; Job 5:10; Ps 65:10; 4:7; 147:20

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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