“He spoke a parable to them, saying,“The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.”
Luke 12:16 (WEB)
Context Reading
14But he said to him,“Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” 15He said to them,“Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.” 16He spoke a parable to them, saying,“The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. 17He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’ 18He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.