Luke 12:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Jesus used this story: “There was a rich man who had some land. His land grew a very good crop of food.

Cross References

Hosea 2:8

“Israel didn’t know that I, the Lord, was the one who gave her grain, wine, and oil. I kept giving her more and more silver and gold, but she used this silver and gold to make statues of Baal.

Psalm 73:12

Those proud people are wicked, but they are rich and getting richer.

Psalm 73:3

I saw that wicked people were successful, and I became jealous of those proud people.

Job 12:6

But robbers’ tents are not bothered. Those who make God angry live in peace, even though God has them in his power.

Acts 14:17

But God was always there doing the good things that prove he is real. He gives you rain from heaven and good harvests at the right times. He gives you plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”

Matthew 5:45

If you do this, you will be children who are truly like your Father in heaven. He lets the sun rise for all people, whether they are good or bad. He sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong.

Ezekiel 16:49

“Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud. They had too much to eat and too much time on their hands, and they did not help poor, helpless people.

Matthew 13:8

But some of the seed fell on good ground. There it grew and made grain. Some plants made 100 times more grain, some 60 times more, and some 30 times more.

Luke 12:15

Then Jesus said to them, “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. People do not get life from the many things they own.”

Luke 12:17

He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.’

Job 24:23

They might feel safe and secure, but God is watching how they live.