Luke 12:14
But Jeshu said to him, Man, who established me over you a judge and a divider?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
In Context
15And he said to his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.
Cross References
Luke 5:20And when Jeshu saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Man, forgiven to thee are thy sins.
John 6:15But when Jeshu knew that they were about to come to seize him and make him the King, he passed away to a mountain alone.
John 18:35Pilatos saith to him, Am I a Jihudoya? The sons of thy people and the chief priests have delivered thee to me: what hast thou done?
Romans 2:3But thinkest thou, O man, who judgest them who in these converse, while thou also conversest in them, that thou wilt escape the judgment of Aloha?
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 →