Luke 12:10-20

10 And ¹everyone who speaks a word ²against the Son of Man ³will be forgiven, but the one who ⁴blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11 ⁵And when they ⁶bring you before the synagogues and ⁷the rulers and ⁸the authorities, ⁹do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

12 ¹⁰for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say. ”

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 ¹¹Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me. ”

14 But he said to him, ¹²“Man, ¹³who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? ”

15 And he said to them, ¹⁴“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. ”

16 And he told them a parable, saying, ¹⁵“The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

17 and he thought to himself, ¹⁶‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops? ’

18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ¹⁷barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up ¹⁸for many years; relax, ¹⁹eat, drink, be merry. ”’

20 But God said to him, ²⁰‘Fool! ²¹This night ²²your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ²³whose will they be? ’

Cross References

• 1. 12:10 [Matt. 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26; 1 John 5:16]
• 2. 12:10 Matt. 11:19; John 7:12; 9:24
• 3. 12:10 1 Tim. 1:12, 13
• 4. 12:10 [Acts 7:51; Heb. 10:29]
• 5. 12:11 Matt. 10:17, 19; [ch. 21:12, 14; Mark 13:11]
• 6. 12:11 See Matt. 23:34
• 7. 12:11 Titus 3:1
• 8. 12:11 Titus 3:1
• 9. 12:11 See ver. 22
• 10. 12:12 See Matt. 10:19, 20
• 11. 12:13 ch. 11:27
• 12. 12:14 Mic. 6:8; Rom. 2:1, 3; 9:20
• 13. 12:14 [Ex. 2:14; Acts 7:27]
• 14. 12:15 1 Tim. 6:6-11; [Heb. 13:5]
• 15. 12:16 [Ps. 49:16-20]
• 16. 12:17 [Eccles. 5:10]
• 17. 12:18 ver. 24
• 18. 12:19 [Prov. 27:1; James 4:13-15]
• 19. 12:19 Eccles. 2:24; 11:9; 1 Cor. 15:32; [ch. 15:23]
• 20. 12:20 Jer. 17:11; [Matt. 16:26]
• 21. 12:20 [See ver. 19 above]
• 22. 12:20 Job 27:8
• 23. 12:20 Ps. 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Eccles. 2:18, 21]