Luke 12:17
Good News Translation
He began to think to himself, 'I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?

New Revised Standard Version
And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’

Contemporary English Version
and he said to himself, "What can I do? I don't have a place large enough to store everything."

New American Bible
He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

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And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

What.

Luke 12:22,29 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. . . .

Luke 10:25 And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

Luke 16:3 And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I am ashamed.

Acts 2:37 Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren?

Acts 16:30 And bringing them out, he said: Masters, what must I do, that I may be saved?

shall.

Luke 12:33 Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth.

Luke 3:11 And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like manner.

Luke 11:41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things are clean unto you.

Luke 14:13,14 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind. . . .

Luke 16:9 And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings.

Luke 18:22 Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

Luke 19:17 And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Isaiah 58:7 Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise not thy own flesh.

Matthew 5:42 Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away.

Romans 12:13 Communicating to the necessities of the saints. Pursuing hospitality.

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Now this I say: He who soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly: and he who soweth in blessings shall also reap blessings. . . .

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

1 John 3:16 In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Context
The Parable of the Rich Fool
16And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. 17And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods.…
Cross References
Matthew 16:7
But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken no bread.

Luke 12:16
And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits.

Luke 12:18
And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to me and my goods.

Luke 12:16
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