Luke 12:17

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Try to succeed by doing many things. After all, you don’t know what great trouble might come on the land.

Isaiah 58:7

Share your food with hungry people. Provide homeless people with a place to stay. Give naked people clothes to wear. Provide for the needs of your own family.

Matthew 16:7

The disciples talked about this among themselves. They said, “He must be saying this because we didn’t bring any bread.”

Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks you for something. Don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow something from you.

Luke 10:25

One day an authority on the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?”

Luke 11:41

Give freely to poor people to show what is inside you. Then everything will be clean for you.

Luke 12:16

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

Luke 12:18

“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones. I will store my extra grain in them.

Luke 12:22

Then Jesus spoke to his disciples. He said, “I tell you, do not worry. Don’t worry about your life and what you will eat. And don’t worry about your body and what you will wear.

Luke 12:29

Don’t spend time thinking about what you will eat or drink. Don’t worry about it.

Luke 12:33

Sell what you own. Give to those who are poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out. Store up riches in heaven that will never be used up. There, no thief can come near it. There, no moth can destroy it.

Luke 16:3

“The manager said to himself, ‘What will I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig. And I’m too ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:9

I tell you, use the riches of this world to help others. In that way, you will make friends for yourselves. Then when your riches are gone, you will be welcomed into your eternal home in heaven.

Luke 18:22

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You are still missing one thing. Sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”

Luke 19:17

“ ‘You have done well, my good slave!’ his master replied. ‘You have been faithful in a very small matter. So I will put you in charge of ten towns.’

Luke 3:11

John answered, “Anyone who has extra clothes should share with the one who has none. And anyone who has extra food should do the same.”

Acts 16:30

Then he brought them out. He asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, it had a deep effect on them. They said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Romans 12:13

Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Welcome others into your homes.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command people who are rich in this world not to be proud. Tell them not to put their hope in riches. Wealth is so uncertain. Command those who are rich to put their hope in God. He richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is because Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.