Luke 12:17

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Luke 12:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

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Luke 12:29

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One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

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The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Acts 16:30

Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

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I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Luke 18:22

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Luke 19:17

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

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2 Corinthians 9:8

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2 Corinthians 9:10

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2 Corinthians 9:11

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2 Corinthians 9:13

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2 Corinthians 9:14

And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

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Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

1 John 3:16

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.