Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
KJV
Εἶπεν δὲ παραβολὴν πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων· ἀνθρώπου τινὸς πλουσίου εὐφόρησεν ἡ χώρα.
Greek NT
Dixit autem similitudinem ad illos, dicens : Hominis cujusdam divitis uberes fructus ager attulit :
Vulgate
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
ASV
And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εὐφορέω
euphoreo
verb · 1×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παραβολή
parabole
noun · 50×
πλούσιος
plousios
adjective · 28×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χώρα
chora
noun · 28×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Parable
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
- Ezek 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Gen 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- Gen 41:47 — And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
- Hos 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.
- Isa 5:8 — Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
- Jas 1:11 — For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hi
- Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Mal 3:10 — Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
- Mark 10:24 — And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 73:12 — Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
- Ps 144:13 — That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: