Luke 12:16

New International Reader's Version

Then Jesus told them a story. He said, “A certain rich man’s land produced a very large crop.

Cross References

Job 12:6

Why doesn’t anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They are in God’s hands!

Job 24:23

God might let them rest and feel secure. But his eyes see how they live.

Psalm 73:12

Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.

Psalm 73:3

I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.

Ezekiel 16:49

“Here is the sin your sister Sodom committed. She and her daughters were proud. They ate too much. They were not concerned about others. They did not help those who were poor and in need.

Hosea 2:8

She wouldn’t admit that I was the one who gave her everything she had. I provided her with grain, olive oil and fresh wine. I gave her plenty of silver and gold. But she used it to make statues of Baal.

Matthew 13:8

Still other seed fell on good soil. It produced a crop 100, 60 or 30 times more than what was planted.

Matthew 5:45

Then you will be children of your Father who is in heaven. He causes his sun to shine on evil people and good people. He sends rain on those who do right and those who don’t.

Luke 12:15

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has.”

Luke 12:17

He thought to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have any place to store my crops.’

Acts 14:17

But he has given proof of what he is like. He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven. He gives you crops in their seasons. He provides you with plenty of food. He fills your hearts with joy.”