Luke 12:18

And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

In Context

17And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops?

19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

Luke 18:6And the Lord said, Hear ye what the unrighteous judge says.

James 4:15in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:14-22

Worldly-mindedness Exposed. 13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 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. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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