Bible verse
But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
Luke 12:14 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 12.
10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
12 For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
15 And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
18 Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
KJV
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
ASV
But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
ERV
But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
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