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Luke 12:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 15 Then he said to them: “Keep your eyes open and guard against every sort of greed,*+ because even when a person has an abundance, his life does not result from the things he possesses.”+

Luke 12:15

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 15 εἶπεν He said δὲ but πρὸς toward αὐτούς them Ὁρᾶτε Be YOU seeing καὶ and φυλάσσεσθε be YOU guarding yourselves ἀπὸ from πάσης all πλεονεξίας, covetousness, ὅτι because οὐκ not ἐν in τῷ the περισσεύειν to be abounding τινὶ to anyone ἡ the ζωὴ life αὐτοῦ of him ἐστὶν is ἐκ out of τῶν the (things) ὑπαρχόντων existing αὐτῷ. to him.

Luke 12:15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 15 Then he said to them: “Keep YOUR eyes open and guard against every sort of covetousness,+ because even when a person has an abundance his life does not result from the things he possesses.”+

Luke 12:15

The Bible in Living English
- 15 And he said to them “See that you keep clear of all overreaching, because it is not by having an oversupply that one has his living out of his property.”

Luke 12:15

American Standard Version
- 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke 12:15

The Emphasized Bible
- 15 And he said unto them—Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; For not in one’s abundance doth his life spring out of his possessions.

Luke 12:15

King James Version
- 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Luke Study Notes—Chapter 12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12:15
  
  greed: Or “covetousness.” The Greek word ple·o·ne·xiʹa literally means “having more” and denotes an insatiable desire to have more. This Greek term is also used at Eph 4:19; 5:3. After mentioning “greediness” at Col 3:5, Paul adds, “which is idolatry.”