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Luke 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Luke 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 When the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you are to say.”
Be Poor in Order To Be Free
13 A Saying about Greed.[a]Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the family inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus answered him, “Friend, who appointed me to be a judge and arbitrator in your regard?”
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- Luke 12:13 The Law of Moses dealt with temporal questions (see Ex 2:14; Acts 7:27), and the rabbis willingly offered their opinions. Jesus has not come to sustain us in our personal interests but to save us. The Gospel does not foster greed in any form; it demands detachment from earthly goods. This episode serves as an introduction to a series of teachings concerning money, an important theme for the Gospel of Luke.
Luke 12:12-14
English Standard Version
Luke 12:12-14
English Standard Version
12 (A)for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 (B)Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, (C)“Man, (D)who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
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