Luke 12:17

Good News Translation

He began to think to himself, ‘I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Put your investments in several places—many places even—because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.

Matthew 16:7

They started discussing among themselves, “He says this because we didn't bring any bread.”

Matthew 5:42

When someone asks you for something, give it to him; when someone wants to borrow something, lend it to him.

Luke 10:25

A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”

Luke 11:41

But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.

Luke 12:16

Then Jesus told them this parable: “There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.

Luke 12:18

This is what I will do,’ he told himself; ‘I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.

Luke 12:22

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.

Luke 12:29

“So don't be all upset, always concerned about what you will eat and drink.

Luke 12:33

Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor. Provide for yourselves purses that don't wear out, and save your riches in heaven, where they will never decrease, because no thief can get to them, and no moth can destroy them.

Luke 16:3

The servant said to himself, ‘My master is going to dismiss me from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:9

And Jesus went on to say, “And so I tell you: make friends for yourselves with worldly wealth, so that when it gives out, you will be welcomed in the eternal home.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one more thing you need to do. Sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”

Luke 19:17

‘Well done,’ he said; ‘you are a good servant! Since you were faithful in small matters, I will put you in charge of ten cities.’

Luke 3:11

He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”

Acts 16:30

Then he led them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, “What shall we do, brothers?”

Romans 12:13

Share your belongings with your needy fellow Christians, and open your homes to strangers.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in the things of this life not to be proud, but to place their hope, not in such an uncertain thing as riches, but in God, who generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.

1 John 3:16

This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!