Luke 12:15 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁵ 3 The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the raiment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourself against all kinds of greed. After all, one’s life isn’t determined by one’s possessions, even when someone is very wealthy.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ So he said to them: "Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person's life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

Luke 12:15 Cross References

1 Kings 2:40

5 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.

Job 2:4

And his wife said to him: Dost thou still continue in thy simplicity? bless God and die.

Psalm 10:3

0 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.

Psalm 37:16

3 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.

Psalm 62:10

Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.

Proverbs 15:16

3 A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.

Proverbs 16:16

3 The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips.

Proverbs 28:16

3 He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

Jeremiah 6:13

1 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring destruction upon this people, by which fathers and sons together shall fall, neighbor and kinsman shall perish.

Ezekiel 33:31

My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill: and my flocks mere scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them.

Micah 2:2

0 Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.

Habakkuk 2:9

7 For the iniquity of Libanus shall cover thee, and the ravaging of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the land, and of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Mark 7:22

0 And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out.

Luke 12:16

4 Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much are you more valuable than they?

Luke 16:14

2 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.

Luke 21:34

And he went, and discoursed with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might betray him to them.

Luke 8:14

2 And it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a little ship with his disciples, and he said to them: Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

1 Corinthians 6:10

9 Or know you not, that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God; and you are not your own ?

Colossians 3:5

4 But above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection:

2 Timothy 3:2

1 Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Hebrews 13:5

4 For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.

Joshua 7:21

6 And they gathered together upon him a great heap of stones, which remaineth until this present day. And the wrath of the Lord was turned away from them. And the name of that place was called the Valley of Achor, until this day.

2 Peter 2:14

Behold this second epistle I write to you, my dearly beloved, in which I stir up by way of admonition your sincere mind:

2 Peter 2:3

2 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption,