Luke 12:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Luke 12:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 26:12-14
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. …
Genesis 41:47-49
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. …
Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
Psalms 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

Topics

Avarice Capital and Labor Care Commandments Covetousness Cupidity Discipleship Disobedience to God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-21)

We have in these verses, I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the estate of the family (Luke 12:13): “ Master, speak to my brother; speak as a prophet, speak as a king, speak with authority; he is one that will have regard to what thou sayest; speak to him, that he divi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16-19. a certain rich man, &c.--Why is this man called a “fool?” (Lu 12:20) (1) Because he deemed a life of secure and abundant earthly enjoyment the summit of human felicity. (2) Because, possessing the means of this, through prosperity in his calling, he flattered himself that he had a long lease of such enjoyment, and nothing to do but give himself up to it. Nothing else is laid to his charge.