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Luke 12:17

Weymouth NT

and he debated within himself, saying, »`What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

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they reasoned among themselves, saying, »It is because we have not brought any bread.«

To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away.

Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. »Rabbi,« he asked, »what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?«

But as to what is within, give alms, and instantly all is clean in you.

And He spoke a parable to them. »A certain rich man's lands,« He said, »yielded abundant crops,

»And he said to himself,« `This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

Then turning to His disciples He said, »For this reason I say to you, `Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.'

»Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.«

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

»Then the steward said within himself,« `What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

»But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish.«

On receiving this answer Jesus said to him, »There is still one thing wanting in you. Sell everything you possess and give the money to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; and then come, follow me.«

»`Well done, good servant,' he replied; `because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'«

»Let the man who has two coats,« he answered, »give one to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share it with others.«

and, bringing them out of the prison, he exclaimed, »O sirs, what must I do to be saved?«

Stung to the heart by these words, they said to Peter and the rest of the Apostles, »Brethren, what are we to do?«

Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.

Impress on those who are rich in the present age that they must not be haughty nor set their hopes on riches –that unstable foundation– but on God who provides us richly with all things for our enjoyment.

We know what love is–through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.




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