Luke 12:21
Luke chapter 12 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Context
v.20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
v.21This passage
v.22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 6:24
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
- Luke 12:33
Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
- Revelation 2:9
I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
- Romans 2:5
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
- Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: