Luke 12:16

And he spake a parable unto them, saying,.... He supposed the following case, and made use of it by way of illustration of what he had said:

the ground of a certain rich man brought forth…

A parable - See the notes at Mat 13:3. Plentifully - His land was fertile, and produced even beyond his expectations, and beyond what he had provided for.

The ground of a certain rich man, etc. - He had generally what is called good luck in his farm, and this was a remarkably plentiful year.

We have in these verses,

I. The application that was made to Christ, very unseasonably, by one of his hearers, desiring him to interpose between him and his brother in a matter that concerned the…

The ground Rather, The estate. In this parable (peculiar to St Luke) our Lord evidently referred mentally to the story of Nabal, whose name means -Fool" or -Churl" (1Samuel 25). Observe that his…