The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
Luke 12:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He spoke a parable to them, saying, *The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully. American Standard Version (1901) And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: Common English Bible Then he told them a parable: “A certain rich man’s land produced a bountiful crop. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: "The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. |
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sedom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Ba`al.
and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
He said to them, *Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.*
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'
Yet he didn't leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.*