Luke 12:17
He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
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16He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
Cross References
Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Luke 3:11He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
Luke 11:41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Luke 12:29“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
Luke 14:13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
Luke 16:9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
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 →