World English Bible
Luke 12:16
“He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.”
Verse in context — Luke 12
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But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?
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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.
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He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
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He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?
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He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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