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Luke 12:17

And he considered with himself, and said: What shall I do; for I have not where I can store up my produce?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

In Context

16And he spoke to them a similitude: The land of a certain rich man brought forth produce in abundance.

18And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my storehouses, and build them larger; and there will I store up all my corn and my good things:

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Cross References

Luke 3:11He answered and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give one to him that hath none; and whoever hath food, let him do the same.

Luke 11:41But, give ye alms from what ye possess; and lo, every thing will be clean to you.

Luke 12:29And inquire not, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor let your mind wander upon these things.

Luke 14:13But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.

Luke 16:9And I also say to you: Make to yourselves friends, with this unrighteous mammon; so that when it is finished, they may receive you to their everlasting tabernacles.

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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