Luke 12:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ He then spoke a parable to them, saying, “The land of a certain rich man yielded well.

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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 Ěl are complacent, to him who brings Eloah into his hand!

Job 24:23

He gives him safety, and he leans on it; yet His eyes are on their ways.

Psalm 73:12

See, these are the wrong, And always at ease, They have amassed wealth!

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the boasters, When I saw the peace of the wrong-doers.

Ezekiel 16:49

“See, this was the crookedness of your sister Seḏom: She and her daughter had pride, sufficiency of bread, and unconcerned ease. And she did not help the poor and needy.

Hosea 2:8

“And she did not acknowledge that I gave her grain, and new wine, and oil, and increased her silver and gold which they prepared for Ba‛al.

Matthew 13:8

“And others fell on good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Matthew 5:45

so that you become sons of your Father in the heavens. Because He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, “Mind, and beware of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the excess of his possessions.”

Luke 12:17

“And he was reasoning within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?’

Acts 14:17

though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good – giving us rain from heaven and fruit-bearing seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”