Luke 12:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

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  • Eccl 11:2 : 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you do not hide yourself from your own flesh?
  • Matt 5:42 : 42 Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.
  • Luke 3:11 : 11 He answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.
  • Luke 10:25 : 25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you.
  • Luke 12:22 : 22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.
  • Luke 14:13-14 : 13 But when you give a feast, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind: 14 And you shall be blessed; for they cannot repay you: for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
  • Luke 16:3 : 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master is taking away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.
  • Luke 16:9 : 9 And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves using the wealth of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet you lack one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
  • Luke 19:17 : 17 And he said to him, Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in very little, have authority over ten cities.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, 'Men and brethren, what shall we do?'
  • Acts 16:30 : 30 And brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
  • 2 Cor 9:6-9 : 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Every man according to what he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or out of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work: 9 As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains forever. 10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower also provides bread for your food, and multiplies your seed sown, and increases the fruits of your righteousness; 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but is also abundant through many thanksgivings to God; 13 While by the evidence of this ministry they glorify God for your professed submission to the gospel of Christ, and for your generous sharing with them, and with all men; 14 And by their prayer for you, who long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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  • Luke 12:18-22
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    18And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Luke 16:1-5
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    1And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods.

    2And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.

    3Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my master is taking away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

    4I have resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

    5So he called every one of his master's debtors to him, and said to the first, How much do you owe my master?

  • Mark 12:1-2
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

    2At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

  • Luke 15:16-17
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    16And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs ate: and no one gave him anything.

    17And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger!

  • Luke 13:6-9
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    6He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.

    7Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?

    8And he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it:

    9And if it bears fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.

  • Mark 12:7
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    7But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

  • Luke 18:4
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    4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God, nor regard man;

  • Matt 25:18
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    18But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money.

  • Matt 13:12
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    12To whoever has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away.

  • Matt 25:26
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    26But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.

  • Luke 20:14
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    14But when the tenant farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For he who has, more will be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • Luke 12:33-34
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    33Sell what you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags that do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, nor moth destroys.

    34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

  • Luke 20:9
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    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Luke 19:21-23
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    21For I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.

    22And he said to him, Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.

    23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?

  • Matt 21:33-34
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    33Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and hedged it around, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and leased it to vine dressers, and went into a far country.

    34And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it.

  • Luke 12:42
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    42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

  • Luke 12:25
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    25And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

  • John 12:6
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    6This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money bag, and used to take what was put in it.

  • Matt 13:22
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    22The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

  • Luke 15:14
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    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

  • Matt 25:24
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    24Then he who had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

  • Luke 14:7
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    7And he put forth a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best places; saying to them,

  • Luke 8:18
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    18Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.

  • Matt 20:15
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?

  • Luke 16:12
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    12And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give you what is your own?

  • 2 Sam 12:2
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    2The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.

  • Mark 8:16
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    16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.