Luke 12:16
World English Bible (WEB)
He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
In context
14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
15 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.”
16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
17 He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
18 He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luke 12:16 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
- KJV King James Version
- And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: