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An Understandable Version
And [then] He said to them, "Be careful and guard yourselves against [practicing] all forms of greed, for a person's life does not consist of having a lot of possessions."
New American Standard Bible
Then He said to them,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
He then told them,
International Standard Version
Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Then He said to them,
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man's life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
Daniel Mace New Testament
then he said to them, take care to be clear of all avarice: for the enjoyment of life does not depend upon the having large possessions.
Darby Translation
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.
Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness: because his life is not in that which aboundeth to any one, from those things belonging to him.
Goodspeed New Testament
And he said to them, "Take care! You must be on your guard against any form of greed, for a man's life does not belong to him, no matter how rich he is."
John Wesley New Testament
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to them, See, and watch yourselves from covetousness: for not in the abounding to any one of his possessions is his life.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourselves from all greediness, because not [even] when someone has an abundance {does} his life [consist] of his possessions."
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Watch and keep yourselves from covetousness. For a man's life is not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
Moffatt New Testament
Then he said to them, "See and keep clear of covetousness in every shape and form, for a man's life is not part of his possessions because he has ample wealth."
Montgomery New Testament
And to the people he said, "Take heed and guard yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses."
NET Bible
Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
Noyes New Testament
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.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness; for one's life depends not on the abundance of his property.
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them - Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one's abundance, doth his life spring out of his possessions.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then said he to them, Beware, and be on your guard against covetousness; for a man's life doth not depend on the abundance of his possessions.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
And to the people He said, "Take care, be on your guard against all covetousness, for no one's life consists in the superabundance of his possessions."
Williams New Testament
And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."
World English Bible
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."
Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "Take heed, and guard yourselves from all covetousness; because one's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses."
Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, See to it that ye beware of covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
Themes
Alertness » What to be aware of
Covetousness » Covetous people
Covetousness » Being aware of covetousness
Covetousness » Instances of » The rich fool
natural Life » The enjoyment of, consists not in abundance of possessions
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:15
Images Luke 12:15
Prayers for Luke 12:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Rich Landowner Who Was A Fool
14 But He said to him, "Man, who appointed me to judge or [decide on how] to divide [the property] between you two?" 15 And [then] He said to them, "Be careful and guard yourselves against [practicing] all forms of greed, for a person's life does not consist of having a lot of possessions." 16 And He told them a parable [i.e., a brief story to illustrate His teaching], saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bumper crop,
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness [itself] is great gain, [when it is] accompanied by contentment.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money [and be] content with what you have, because God [Himself] has said [Deut. 31:6], "By no means will I [ever] desert you or give up on you."
Matthew 6:25-26
"So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.
Mark 7:22
greedy desires, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained indecency, envy, slander, arrogance and foolishness.
Luke 8:14
And those people [represented by the seed] that fell among thorns are the ones who have heard [the word], and as they go about their business, they become choked by worry, by money and by worldly pleasures, and produce no mature crop.
Luke 16:14
Then the Pharisees, who loved money, heard these things and sneered at Jesus.
Luke 21:34
"But pay attention to yourselves so that your hearts do not become overburdened by carousing, and drunkenness, and the worries of life. [If you do], that 'day' [i.e., Jesus' second coming and judgment] will arrive suddenly, like a trap [i.e., which catches an animal by surprise].
1 Corinthians 5:10-11
I did not mean the sexually immoral people of this world, or with greedy people and swindlers, or with idolaters. For [to do this] you would have to go out of the world. [Note: If taken literally, this implies that there are no sinful people outside our planet].
1 Corinthians 6:10
And neither will thieves, nor greedy people, nor drunkards, nor abusive talkers, nor swindlers possess God's kingdom.
Ephesians 5:3-5
But you should not even talk about sexual immorality, or any type of [moral] impurity, or greed. [Note: Possibly "greed" here means "desire for more" of such things]. Such talk is not suitable for saints [i.e., God's holy people].
Colossians 3:5
So, put to death [i.e., stop practicing the desires of] your physical bodies [such as] sexual immorality, [moral] impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is [in reality] idolatry.
2 Timothy 3:2
For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive talkers, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
2 Peter 2:3
And through greedy desires and deceptive words they will exploit you [for evil purposes]. But the judgment that they have had coming for a long time, will not delay, but will eventually awaken [i.e., arrive] to bring destruction upon them.
2 Peter 2:14
Their eyes are filled with sexual lust, and they are never satisfied when it comes to sinning. They entice unstable people and have hearts trained to be greedy [i.e., they continually desire the possessions of others]. [In this condition] they are under God's curse.