Luke 12:16

16 dixit autem similitudinem ad illos dicens hominis cuiusdam divitis uberes fructus ager adtulit

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 at ille dixit ei homo quis me constituit iudicem aut divisorem super vos

15 dixitque ad illos videte et cavete ab omni avaritia quia non in abundantia cuiusquam vita eius est ex his quae possidet

16 dixit autem similitudinem ad illos dicens hominis cuiusdam divitis uberes fructus ager adtulit

17 et cogitabat intra se dicens quid faciam quod non habeo quo congregem fructus meos

18 et dixit hoc faciam destruam horrea mea et maiora faciam et illuc congregabo omnia quae nata sunt mihi et bona mea