Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
Luke 12:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He thought to himself, “What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest. American Standard Version (1901) and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? Common English Bible He said to himself, What will I do? I have no place to store my harvest! Catholic Public Domain Version And he thought within himself, saying: 'What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? |
Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your house, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to ignore your own flesh and blood? ,
Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, ‘Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ’
But give from what is within to the poor, , and then everything is clean for you.
I will do this,” he said. “I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.
Then he said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, don’t worry about your life, what you will eat; or about the body, what you will wear.
Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
‘Then the manager said to himself, “What will I do since my master is taking the management away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig; I’m ashamed to beg.
And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth , so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.
When Jesus heard this, he told him, ‘You still lack one thing: Sell all you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’
‘ “Well done, good servant! ” he told him. “Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten towns.”
He replied to them, ‘The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.’
When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do? ’
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.