Luke 12:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Luke 12:16 Cross References

Hosea 2:8

For she did not know that I gave her the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Acts 14:17

And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

Matthew 5:45

that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom; pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Matthew 13:8

and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Luke 12:15

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.

Luke 12:17

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Job 24:23

God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.