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Luke 12:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard   against all greed,   because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’

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Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.   ,


Better a little with the fear of the  Lord than great treasure with turmoil.


Get wisdom – how much better it is than gold! And get understanding – it is preferable to silver.


For people will be lovers of self,  lovers of money,  boastful, proud,  demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,


The Pharisees, who were lovers of money,  were listening to all these things and scoffing  at him.


Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity,  lust,  evil desire, and greed,  which is idolatry.


As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life,   and produce no mature fruit.


They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.


adulteries,   greed,   evil actions, deceit,   self-indulgence,   envy,   slander,   pride,   and foolishness.


Woe to him who dishonestly makes wealth for his house  , to place his nest on high, to escape the grasp of disaster!


‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.


When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon,  two and a half kilograms  of silver, and a bar of gold weighing half a kilogram,  I coveted them and took them.  You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.’


no thieves,  greedy  people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,  or swindlers  will inherit God’s kingdom.


‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly


They covet fields  and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.


For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.


A leader who lacks understanding is very oppressive, but one who hates dishonest profit prolongs his life.


They have eyes full of adultery  that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!


So my people come to you in crowds,  sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.


Then he told them a parable:  ‘A rich   man’s land was very productive.


So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath to search for his slaves. He went and brought them back from Gath.





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