Luke 12:13-16 in English

¹³ And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ And one out of the multitude said unto him, Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ Then one of the people in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my older brother to divide my father's property and give me the part that belongs to me!”

¹⁴ But Jesus replied to him, “Man, ◄no one appointed me in order that I would settle matters when people are disputing about property!/did anyone appoint me in order that I would settle matters when people are disputing about property?► RHQ”

¹⁵ Then he said to the whole crowd, “Guard yourselves very carefully, in order that you do not desire other people's things in any way! No one can make his life secure by obtaining many possessions.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus told the people this illustration: “There was a certain rich man whose crops grew very well.

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.

¹⁴ But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

¹⁶ And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:

¹³ And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But he said to him, Man, who established me as a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

¹³ And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge, or divider, over you?

¹⁵ And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

¹³ Then someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

¹⁶ Then He told a parable to them, saying: “The field of a certain rich man produced well.

¹³ Then someone from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But He said to him, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter over you?”

¹⁵ Then He said to them, “Keep alert and guard against covetousness, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

¹⁶ Then He told them a parable, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man produced well.

¹³ Someone in the crowd asked Jesus, “Teacher, please tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ “My friend,” Jesus replied, “Who appointed me as your judge to decide how your inheritance should be divided?” He told the people,

¹⁵ “Watch out, and beware of all greedy thoughts and actions, for a person's life isn't summed up by all the things they own.”

¹⁶ Then he told them a story as an illustration. “Once there was a rich man who owned land that was very productive.

¹³ And one of the companie said vnto him, Master, bidde my brother deuide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ And he said vnto him, Man, who made me a iudge, or a deuider ouer you?

¹⁵ Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

¹⁶ And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

¹³ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ And one from the multitude said to him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for even when one hath great abundance, his life doth not depend upon his possessions.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

¹³ “Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”

¹⁴ But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”

¹⁵ And then he added, “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person's true life does not depend on what they have.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;

¹³ “Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”

¹⁴ But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”

¹⁵ And then he added, “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person's true life does not depend on what they have.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, my brother is cheating me. Our father died, and he left his things for my brother and me. But my brother took all those things, and he is keeping them for himself. Please tell my brother to be fair to me and give me my share of our father’s things.”

¹⁴ Jesus said, “It’s not my job to say which of you is right or wrong, or what each of you can have.”

¹⁵ Then he said to the people, “Think carefully about this. Don’t be greedy. Don’t try to get more things than you need. You can’t get a long happy life from the things you own, even if you are rich.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus told them this picture story, he said, “A rich man had a garden. He planted some seeds there, and they grew into very big plants, and then those plants got lots of seed tucker on them.

¹³ One of the company sayde vnto hym: Master byd my brother devide the enheritauce with me.

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 man brought forth frutes plenteously

¹³ Then someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or a mediator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Watch that you keep yourselves from all greedy desires, because a person's life does not consist of the abundance of his possessions.”

¹⁶ Then Jesus told them a parable, saying, “The field of a rich man yielded abundantly,

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ And one of the company said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴ And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge, or a divider over you?

¹⁵ And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Rabbi, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ One of the multitude said to him, “Rabbi, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴ But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵ He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

¹³ And one of the people said to him, Master, say to my brother, that he part with me the heritage.

¹⁴ And he said to him, Man, who ordained me a doomsman, or a parter, on you? or over you?

¹⁵ And he said to them, See ye, and beware of all covetousness; for the life of a man is not in the abundance of the things, which he wieldeth.

¹⁶ And he told to them a likeness, and said, The field of a rich man brought forth plenteous fruits.

¹³ And one of the people said to him, Master, say to my brother, that he part with me the heritage, (or Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me).

¹⁴ And he said to him, Man, who ordained me a doomsman or a parter, on you, or over you? (And he said to him, Man, who put me over you as a judge, or a divider?)

¹⁵ And he said to them, See ye, and beware of all covetousness; for the life of a man is not in the abundance of the things, which he wieldeth (or that he possesseth).

¹⁶ And he told to them a likeness (or a parable), and said, The field of a rich man brought forth plenteous fruits.

¹³ And oon of the puple seide to hym, Maystir, seie to my brothir, that he departe with me the eritage.

¹⁴ And he seyde to hym, Man, who ordeynede me a domesman, or a departere, on you?

¹⁵ And he seide to hem, Se ye, and be ye war of al coueytice; for the lijf of a man is not in the abundaunce of tho thingis, whiche he weldith.

¹⁶ And he tolde to hem a liknesse, and seide, The feeld of a riche man brouyte forth plenteuouse fruytis.

¹³ And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

¹⁴ And he said to him, 'Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

¹⁵ And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

¹⁶ And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;