Parallel Bible results for "Luke 12:17-27"

Luke 12:17-27

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17 He began to think to himself, "I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?
17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 This is what I will do,' he told himself; "I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.
18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
19 Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself!'
19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’
20 But God said to him, "You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?' "
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
21 And Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."
21 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
22 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.
22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.
23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24 Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds!
24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
25 Can any of you live a bit longer by worrying about it?
25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
26 If you can't manage even such a small thing, why worry about the other things?
26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27 Look how the wild flowers grow: they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers.
27 “Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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