Luke 12:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Then he told them a parable: “A certain rich man’s land produced a bountiful crop.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: "The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

Luke 12:16 Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hands.

Job 24:23

He gives them security, and they are supported; his eyes are upon their ways.

Psalm 73:12

Such are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ezekiel 16:49

This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease but did not aid the poor and needy.

Hosea 2:8

She did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil and who lavished upon her silver and gold that they used for Baal.

Matthew 13:8

Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”

Luke 12:17

And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’

Acts 14:17

yet he has not left himself without a witness in doing good, giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”