Luke 12:16

16 And he put forth a similitude vnto them sayinge: The groude of a certayne riche ma brought forth frutes plenteously

Luke 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:16

And he spake a parable unto them, saying
He supposed the following case, and made use of it by way of illustration of what he had said:

the ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
who notwithstanding his riches, was but a fool, as the sequel shows; rich men are not always wise in things natural and civil; and very few of them are spiritually wise, or wise in spiritual things, in things which relate to the welfare of their souls; but however, this man was very prosperous in his worldly affairs, as a man of a small share of common sense may be, and wicked men often are: the word translated "ground", signifies a "region", or "country", which expresses the more, the riches of this man, that he had not a common and ordinary farm, but a whole country as it were; at least a very large part of one, and all this fruitful.

Luke 12:16 In-Context

14 And he sayde vnto him: Man who made me a iudge or a devider over you?

15 Wherfore he sayde vnto them: take hede and beware of covetousnes. For no mannes lyfe stondeth in the aboundaunce of the thinges which he possesseth.

16 And he put forth a similitude vnto them sayinge: The groude of a certayne riche ma brought forth frutes plenteously

17 and he thought in himsilfe sayinge: what shall I do? because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes?

18 And he sayde: This will I do. I will destroye my barnes and bilde greater and therin will I gadder all my frutes and my goodes: