Luke 12:17
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
KJV
καὶ διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ λέγων· τί ποιήσω, ὅτι οὐκ ἔχω ποῦ συνάξω τοὺς καρπούς μου;
Greek NT
et cogitabat intra se dicens : Quid faciam, quia non habeo quo congregem fructus meos ?
Vulgate
and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
ASV
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διαλογίζομαι
dialogizomai
verb · 16×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρπός
karpos
noun · 66×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ποῦ
pou
adverb · 45×
συνάγω
sunago
verb · 59×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἑαυτῷ | Treg/NIV/RP: ἑαυτῷ | WH: αὑτῷ
- ἑαυτῷ — SBLGNT
- ἑαυτῷ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- αὑτῷ — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
- 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
- Acts 16:30 — And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
- Amos 6:1 — Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
- Gen 13:6 — And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
- Isa 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own fl
- Jas 4:13 — Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
- Luke 11:41 — But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
- Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- Luke 18:4 — And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
- Luke 18:22 — Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
- Luke 19:17 — And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
- Mark 4:19 — And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
- Matt 3:9 — And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matt 5:42 — Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
- Rom 12:13 — Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.