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 him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
• Isa 58:7Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
• Rom 12:13contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
• 2 Cor 9:6–15Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
• Luke 18:22When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”
• Luke 19:17“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
• 1 Jn 3:16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
• Luke 11:41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
• Luke 16:9I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
• Acts 16:30brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
• 1 Tim 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
• Eccl 11:2Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
• Acts 2:37Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Luke 12:33Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
• Luke 12:29Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
• Luke 3:11He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
• Luke 12:22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
• Luke 14:13–14But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
• Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 16:3“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

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