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Luke 12:16Luke.12.16

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et il leur dit cette parabole: Les terres d'un homme riche avaient beaucoup rapporté.

KJV

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, ‹The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:›

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    For Ambrose [*Basil, Serm. lxiv, de Temp., among the supposititious works of St. Jerome] expounding Lk. 12:16, "The land of a certain . . . man brought forth plenty of fruits," says: "Let no man claim as his own that which he has taken and obtained by violence from the common pro…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)

    et discipulis sollicitudinem cibi vestisque, qua carent aves, praecipit evitandam (Matth. VI, 25-34; Luc. XII, 13-31) . Pusillo gregi regnum promittens, possidenda vel possessa propter eleemosynam vendi, lumbosque praecinctos et lucernas ardentes esse debere jubet. Vigilandum quo…

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