15He 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.|


In Context

12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.|

13 One of the multitude said to him, |Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.|

14 But he said to him, |Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?|

15 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.|

16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, |The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'

Luke 12:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:15Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:15And he said unto them, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.