13 [a]And one of the company said unto him, Master, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge, or a divider over you?

15 Wherefore he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of [b]covetousness: for though a man have abundance, yet his [c]life standeth not in his riches.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:13 Christ would not for three causes be a judge to divide an inheritance. First, for that he would not foster up and cherish the fleshly opinion that the Jews had of Messiah: Secondly for that he would distinguish the civil governance, from the Ecclesiastical: Thirdly, to teach us to beware of them which abuse the show of the gospel, and also the name of ministers, to their own private commodities.
  2. Luke 12:15 By covetousness is meant, that greedy desire to get, commonly with other men’s hurt.
  3. Luke 12:15 God is the author and preserver of man’s life; goods are not.

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