Luke 12:16
He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
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In Context
17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
Cross References
Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The LORD blessed him.
Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
Psalms 73:3For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Hosea 2:8For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
Acts 14:17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
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 →