The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
Luke 12:16 - Y'all Version Bible Then he told them this parable, “The ground of a certain rich man was very productive. 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.
Look, 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.
“‘“Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, abundance of bread, and prosperous ease, but they didn’t support the hand of the poor and needy.
For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
Still other seeds fell on excellent soil and yielded a crop, a hundred, sixty, or thirty times as much.
that y’all may be children of your* Father who is in heaven. For ʜᴇ causes ʜɪs sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Then he said to them, “Y’all must beware and be on guard against all kinds of greed, for a person’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of possessions.”
He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have room to store my crops?’
Yet ʜᴇ didn’t leave ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ without a witness, since he did what is good by giving y’all rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying y’all with food and y’all’s hearts with joy.”