Luke 12:9-19

9 but ¹the one who denies me before men ²will be denied ³before the angels of God.

10 And ⁴everyone who speaks a word ⁵against the Son of Man ⁶will be forgiven, but the one who ⁷blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11 ⁸And when they ⁹bring you before the synagogues and ¹⁰the rulers and ¹¹the authorities, ¹²do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

12 ¹³for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 ¹⁴Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

14 But he said to him, ¹⁵"Man, ¹⁶who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?"

15 And he said to them, ¹⁷"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, ¹⁸"The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

17 and he thought to himself, ¹⁹'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 ²⁰barns 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 ²¹for many years; relax, ²²eat, drink, be merry.'

Cross References

• 1. 2 Timothy 2:12; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38]
• 2. Luke 13:25; Matthew 7:23; Matthew 25:12
• 3. [See ver. 8 above]
• 4. [Matthew 12:31, 32; Mark 3:28-30; Hebrews 6:4-6; Hebrews 10:26; 1 John 5:16]
• 5. Matthew 11:19; John 7:12; John 9:24
• 6. 1 Timothy 1:12, 13
• 7. [Acts 7:51; Hebrews 10:29]
• 8. Matthew 10:17, 19; [Luke 21:12, 14; Mark 13:11]
• 9. See Matthew 23:34
• 10. Titus 3:1
• 11. Titus 3:1
• 12. See ver. 22
• 13. See Matthew 10:19, 20
• 14. Luke 11:27
• 15. Micah 6:8; Romans 2:1, 3; Romans 9:20
• 16. [Exodus 2:14; Acts 7:27]
• 17. 1 Timothy 6:6-11; [Hebrews 13:5]
• 18. [Psalms 49:16-20]
• 19. [Ecclesiastes 5:10]
• 20. ver. 24
• 21. [Proverbs 27:1; James 4:13-15]
• 22. Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 11:9; 1 Corinthians 15:32; [Luke 15:23]