¹⁶ Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.

¹² Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year ^(A)a hundredfold; and the Lord ^(B)blessed him. ¹³ The man ^(C)began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; ¹⁴ for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines ^(D)envied him.

⁴⁷ Now in the seven plentiful years the ground brought forth ^[a]abundantly. ⁴⁸ So he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities; he laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. ⁴⁹ Joseph gathered very much grain, ^(A)as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

^17 (A)Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, ^(B)gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with ^(C)food and gladness.”

⁴⁵ that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for ^(A)He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.