Luke 12:21

This is how it will be with anyone who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Text-Critical English NT

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, ‘Yoʋ fool! This very night yoʋr life will be demanded back from yoʋ, and the things yoʋ have prepared, whose will they be?’

22Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:19“Do not store up treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the needy. Make yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

Romans 2:5But according to yoʋr stubbornness and yoʋr unrepentant heart, yoʋ are storing up wrath for yoʋrself on the day of wrath, revelation, and the righteous judgment of God,

1 Timothy 6:18Command them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and willing to share,

James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and howl over the miseries 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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