Ewangelia Łukasza 12:15

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba

Ostrzegł ich też: Uważajcie i strzeżcie się wszelkiej chciwości, gdyż obfitość dóbr nie zapewnia życia; w życiu nie chodzi też o to, aby opływać w dostatki.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
I rzekł do nich: Patrzcie, a strzeżcie się łakomstwa, gdyż nie w tem, że kto ma obfite majętności, żywot jego zależy.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Ale powiedział do nich: Uważajcie i strzeżcie się od wszelkiej zachłanności; gdyż nie wśród czyjegoś posiadania ponad miarę, znajduje się jego życie; także nie z powodu jego majętności.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
I rzekł do nich: Patrzcie, a strzeżcie się łakomstwa, gdyż nie w tem, że kto ma obfite majętności, żywot jego zależy.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Powiedział też do nich: Uważajcie i strzeżcie się chciwości, gdyż nie od tego, że ktoś ma obfitość dóbr, zależy jego życie.

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
A tak rzekł do nich: Baczcież a strzeżcie się łakomstwa, abowiemci nie każdego żywot w tym należy, który ma dosyć majętności.

Biblia Warszawska
Powiedział też do nich: Baczcie, a wystrzegajcie się wszelkiej chciwości, dlatego że nie od obfitości dóbr zależy czyjeś życie.

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

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.