Luke 12:17

The rich man deliberates with himself over where to store his surplus crops. His thoughts revolve entirely around himself and his goods.

Cross-references · 20

• Matt 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
• Isa 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Rom 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
• 2 Cor 9:6–15Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Luke 18:22On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
• Luke 19:17His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
• 1 Jn 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
• Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
• Luke 16:9I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
• Acts 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• 1 Tim 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
• Eccl 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
• Luke 12:29And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
• Luke 3:11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
• Luke 12:22Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
• Luke 14:13–14But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,
• Luke 10:25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 16:3The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

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