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. [Matthew 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26; 1 John 5:16]
• 2. Matthew 11:19; John 7:12; John 9:24
• 3. 1 Timothy 1:12, 13
• 4. [Acts 7:51; Hebrews 10:29]
• 5. Matthew 10:17, 19; [Luke 21:12, 14; Mark 13:11]
• 6. See Matthew 23:34
• 7. Titus 3:1
• 8. Titus 3:1
• 9. See ver. 22
• 10. See Matthew 10:19, 20
• 11. Luke 11:27
• 12. Micah 6:8; Romans 2:1, 3; Romans 9:20
• 13. [Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:27]
• 14. 1 Timothy 6:6-11; [Hebrews 13:5]
• 15. [Psalms 49:16-20]
• 16. [Ecclesiastes 5:10]
• 17. ver. 24
• 18. [Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13-15]
• 19. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; [Luke 15:23]
• 20. Jeremiah 17:11; [Matthew 16:26]
• 21. [See ver. 19 above]
• 22. Job 27:8
• 23. Psalms 39:6; [Job 27:17-22; Ecclesiastes 2:18, 21]