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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是他對眾人說：“你們要謹慎，遠離一切貪心，因為人的生命並不在於家道豐富。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
於 是 对 众 人 说 ： 你 们 要 谨 慎 自 守 ， 免 去 一 切 的 贪 心 ， 因 为 人 的 生 命 不 在 乎 家 道 丰 富 。

Contextual Overview

¹³ Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide with me the property our father left us." ¹⁴ But Jesus said to him, "Who said I should judge or decide between you?" ¹⁵ Then Jesus said to them, "Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. Life is not measured by how much one owns." ¹⁶ Then Jesus told this story: "There was a rich man who had some land, which grew a good crop. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, ‘What will I do? I have no place to keep all my crops.' ¹⁸ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and other goods. ¹⁹ Then I can say to myself, "I have enough good things stored to last for many years. Rest, eat, drink, and enjoy life!"' ²⁰ "But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?' ²¹ "This is how it will be for those who store up things for themselves and are not rich toward God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take: Luke 8:14, Luke 16:14, Luke 21:34, Joshua 7:21, Job 31:24, Job 31:25, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 119:36, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 23:5, Proverbs 28:16, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 22:17, Jeremiah 22:18, Micah 2:2, Habakkuk 2:9, Mark 7:22, 1 Corinthians 5:10, 1 Corinthians 5:11, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Ephesians 5:3-5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Timothy 6:7-10, 2 Timothy 3:2, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:14

for: Job 2:4, Psalms 37:16, Proverbs 15:16, Proverbs 16:16, Ecclesiastes 4:6-8, Ecclesiastes 5:10-16, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:26, 1 Timothy 6:6-8

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:20 - bred worms Exodus 20:17 - thy neighbour's house Leviticus 11:29 - creeping things that creep Deuteronomy 2:4 - take ye Deuteronomy 4:23 - heed Deuteronomy 5:21 - General Deuteronomy 17:17 - neither shall he Deuteronomy 24:6 - life 1 Kings 2:40 - arose 1 Kings 21:2 - Give me 2 Kings 5:20 - and take 2 Chronicles 19:6 - Take Proverbs 1:13 - General Proverbs 10:2 - Treasures Isaiah 57:17 - the iniquity Ezekiel 33:31 - but their Matthew 6:1 - heed Matthew 7:15 - Beware Matthew 13:22 - the care Matthew 16:6 - Take Matthew 19:23 - That Mark 4:7 - General Mark 8:15 - Take Mark 10:22 - for Luke 6:24 - woe Luke 18:23 - he was very sorrowful Romans 7:7 - Thou shalt 1 Corinthians 7:31 - use Colossians 3:2 - not 1 Timothy 6:17 - trust Hebrews 12:1 - let us lay

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 12:4
So Abram left Haran as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. At this time Abram was 75 years old.

Genesis 12:5
He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and everything they owned, as well as all the servants they had gotten in Haran. They set out from Haran, planning to go to the land of Canaan, and in time they arrived there.

Genesis 12:16
the king was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was her brother. He gave Abram sheep, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

Genesis 20:2
he told people that his wife Sarah was his sister. Abimelech king of Gerar heard this, so he sent some servants to take her.

Genesis 40:2
The king became angry with his officer who served him wine and his baker,

Genesis 41:1
Two years later the king dreamed he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.

Exodus 2:5
Then the daughter of the king of Egypt came to the river to take a bath, and her servant girls were walking beside the river. When she saw the basket in the tall grass, she sent her slave girl to get it.

Exodus 2:15
When the king heard what Moses had done, he tried to kill him. But Moses ran away from the king and went to live in the land of Midian. There he sat down near a well.

1 Kings 3:1
Solomon made an agreement with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter and bringing her to Jerusalem. At this time Solomon was still building his palace and the Temple of the Lord , as well as a wall around Jerusalem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... Either to the two brethren, or to his disciples, as the Syriac and Persic versions read, or to the whole company:

take heed, and beware of covetousness; of all covetousness, as read the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, and some copies; that is, of all sorts of covetousness, and every degree of it, which of all vices is to be avoided and guarded against, being the root of all evil; and as the Persic version renders it, is worse than all evil, and leads into it:

for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth; of flocks and beasts, as the Persic version renders it: a man's natural life cannot be prolonged by all the good things of the world he is possessed of; they cannot prevent diseases nor death; nor do the comfort and happiness of life, lie in these things; which are either not enjoyed by them, but kept for the hurt of the owners of them, or are intemperately used, or some way or other imbittered to them, so that they have no peace nor pleasure in them: and a man's spiritual life is neither had nor advantaged hereby, and much less is eternal life to be acquired by any of these things; which a man may have, and be lost for ever, as the following parable shows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Beware of covetousness - One of these brothers, no doubt, was guilty of this sin; and our Saviour, as was his custom, took occasion to warn his disciples of its danger.

Covetousness - An unlawful desire of the property of another; also a desire of gain or riches beyond what is necessary for our wants. It is a violation of the tenth commandment Exodus 20:17, and is expressly called idolatry Colossians 3:5. Compare, also, Ephesians 5:3, and Hebrews 13:5.

A man’s life - The word “life” is sometimes taken in the sense of happiness or felicity, and some have supposed this to be the meaning here, and that Jesus meant to say that a man’s comfort does not depend on affluence - that is, on more than is necessary for his daily wants; but this meaning does not suit the parable following, which is designed to show that property will not lengthen out a man’s life, and therefore is not too ardently to be sought, and is of little value. The word “life,” therefore, is to be taken “literally.”

Consisteth not - Rather, “dependeth” not on his possessions. His possessions will not prolong it. The passage, then, means: Be not anxious about obtaining wealth, for, however much you may obtain, it will not prolong your life. “That” depends on the will of God, and it requires something besides wealth to make us ready to meet him. This sentiment he proceeds to illustrate by a beautiful parable.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 12:15. Beware of covetousness — Or rather, Beware of all inordinate desires. I add πασης, all, on the authority of ABDKLM-Q, twenty-three others, both the Syriac, all the Persic, all the Arabic, Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, all the Itala, and several of the primitive fathers.

Inordinate desires. πλεονεξιας, from πλειον, more, and εχειν, to have; the desire to have more and more, let a person possess whatever he may. Such a disposition of mind is never satisfied; for, as soon as one object is gained, the heart goes out after another.

Consisteth not in the abundance — That is, dependeth not on the abundance. It is not superfluities that support man's life, but necessaries. What is necessary, God gives liberally; what is superfluous, he has not promised. Nor can a man's life be preserved by the abundance of his possessions: to prove this he spoke the following parable.