Luke 12:18

Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my produce and my goods.

Text-Critical English NT

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

17So he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I do not have anywhere to store my crops?’

19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, yoʋ have many goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, and be merry.”’

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Cross References

Luke 12:21This is how it will be with anyone who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Luke 18:6Then the Lord said, “Consider what this unrighteous judge said.

James 4:15Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, let us 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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