21"This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."


In Context

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

19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry." '

20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

Luke 12:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:21So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:21so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.