Luke 12:18

And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

Darby Translation

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 reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

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Cross References

Luke 12:21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

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

James 4:15instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also 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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