Luke 12:13-24

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 12:1-99

Luke 12 INSTEAD OF BEING provoked by the vehement opposition of the scribes and Pharisees, the Lord improved the occasion by calmly instructing His disciples in the presence of the enormous crowd, that the controversy had drawn together. He had just been fuming the searchlight of truth on the religious leaders: He now turned the same light on the disciples and their path. In the first place He warned them against the hypocrisy, which He had just been unmasking in the Pharisees. It is indeed a... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:13-15

Warning against avarice: v. 13. And one of the company said unto Him, Master, speak to my brother that he divide the inheritance with me. v. 14. And He said unto him, Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you? v. 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. While Jesus was addressing the multitude, there came an interruption. A man in the crowd asked Him to speak to his brother... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:16-21

The parable of the rich man: v. 16. And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully; v. 17. and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? v. 18. And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. v. 19. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:22-26

Of Trust in God and Preparation for Christ's Coming. Warnings against care: v. 22. And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat; neither for the body what ye shall put on. v. 23. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. v. 24. Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? v. 25. And which of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 12:1-34

4. For what the Disciple of the Saviour has, and for what he has not, to take care (Luke 12:1-34)1In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude [lit., the myriads] of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which Isaiah 2:0 hypocrisy. For [But1] there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, 3that shall not be known. Therefore, whatsoever ye... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:13-21

Luke HOW TO PRAY THE RICH FOOL Luk_12:13 - Luk_12:23 . What a gulf between the thoughts of Jesus and those of this unmannerly interrupter! Our Lord had been speaking solemnly as to confessing Him before men, the divine help to be given, and the blessed reward to follow, and this hearer had all the while been thinking only of the share in his father’s inheritance, out of which he considered that his brother had cheated him. Such indifference must have struck a chill into Christ’s heart, and... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:22-23

Luke THE RICH FOOL ANXIOUS ABOUT EARTH, OR EARNEST ABOUT THE KINGDOM Luk_12:22 - Luk_12:31 . The parable of the rich fool was spoken to the multitude, but our Lord now addresses the disciples. ‘Therefore’ connects the following with the foregoing teachings. The warnings against anxiety are another application of the prohibition of laying up treasure for self. Torturing care is the poor man’s form of worldliness, as luxurious self-indulgence is the rich man’s. There are two kinds of gout, as... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:24-28

Luke ANXIOUS ABOUT EARTH, OR EARNEST ABOUT THE KINGDOM Luk_12:22 - Luk_12:31 . The parable of the rich fool was spoken to the multitude, but our Lord now addresses the disciples. ‘Therefore’ connects the following with the foregoing teachings. The warnings against anxiety are another application of the prohibition of laying up treasure for self. Torturing care is the poor man’s form of worldliness, as luxurious self-indulgence is the rich man’s. There are two kinds of gout, as doctors tell... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 12:13-21

the Doom of the Money Lover Luke 12:13-21 Our Lord did not come into our world as an earthly judge, adjusting differences between man and man. He lays down great principles, obedience to which will bring heaven into human lives. One of the greatest of these is here enunciated in Luke 12:15 . Covetousness is as much a temptation of the poor man who is wronged as of his rich oppressor; and love for money will inevitably, in poor and rich, becloud the vision and disturb the inner peace. The... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 12:22-34

the Cure for Anxious Care Luke 12:22-34 Notice this contrast between two kinds of men: the one cares for himself, is anxious for this life, worries about food and clothes and standing a cubit higher in the estimate of his fellows; the other is content to fill the niche and do the work assigned him by the Father. And he performs his life-task, not for the remuneration it will bring, but for the “well-done” of God-sure that all which is needed, whether for his soul or body, will be provided by... read more

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 12:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:13-15

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:16-21

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 12:22-26

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 12:1-34

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:13-21

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:22-23

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 12:24-28

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 12:13-21

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 12:22-34

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