Luke 12:17 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 12:17

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

BSB

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ASV

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

KJV

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

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Commentary

5 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Exposition of the Gospel of Luke, 7.122 (397)

For he gathers wealth in vain who does not know how to use it: just like that person who, when the granaries were bursting with new harvests, was preparing receptacles for himself to collect the overflowing fruits, being ignorant of how to use them. For everything that belongs to the world remains in the world, and whatever is gathered together by heirs passes away from us; for those things are not ours, which we cannot take away with us.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 89 (444)

What does the rich man do, surrounded by a great supply of many blessings beyond all numbering? In distress and anxiety, he speaks the words of poverty. He says, "What should I do?" … He does not look to the future. He does not raise his eyes to God. He does not count it worth his while to gain for the mind those treasures that are above in heaven. He does not cherish love for the poor or desire the esteem it gains. He does not sympathize with suffering. It gives him no pain nor awakens his pity.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, The God of heaven knows and observes whatever we think within ourselves, and we are accountable to him for it. He is both a discerner and judge of the thoughts and intents of the heart. We mistake if we imagine that thoughts are hid and thoughts are free.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He thought within himself - He reasoned or inquired. He was anxious and perplexed. Riches increase thought and perplexity. Indeed, this is almost their only effect - to engross the thoughts and steal the heart away from better things, in order to take care of the useless wealth. No room - Everything was full. To bestow - To place, to hoard, to collect. My fruits - Our word “fruits” is not applied to “grain;” but the Greek word is applied to all the produce of the earth - not only “fruit,” but also grain.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1858)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
διελογίζετο	dielogizeto	he was reasoning	G1260 →
ἐν	en	within	G1722 →
ἑαυτῷ	he'autō	himself	G1438 →
λέγων·	legōn	saying;	G3004 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
ποιήσω	poiēsō	shall I do	G4160 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχω	echō	I have	G2192 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
συνάξω	sunaxō	I will store up	G4863 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
καρπούς	karpous	fruits	G2590 →
μου;	mou	of mine?	G3165 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- 1 John 4:9–11
  This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- Ephesians 5:2
  and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- John 13:34
  A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- John 3:16
  For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Romans 5:8
  But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Through
Romans 12:13
Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 9:12
  For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
Through
Isaiah 58:7
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own…
leads to
- Matthew 25:35–45
  For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke